NDFP open to release POWs
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) announced Tuesday, April 12, that they will open the line for negotiations for the release of police and soldiers who are in custody of the New People’s Army (NPA).
The tillers of the barren soil: hungry and detained
KIDAPAWAN CITY –Unlike many Filipino families whose staple food is rice, the household of Adelina Rizardo’s source of nutrition is Cassava. They would crush it until it becomes a powder,…
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Petitioners say budget for Sasa port modernization an ‘election fund-raising’
Petitioners against the Sasa port modernization project accused the government of increasing from P4 billion to a “graft-labelled” budget of P18 billion to raise election funds.
Arturo Milan, DLPC ?e?xecutive ?v?ice ?p?resident and ?c?hief ?o?perating ?o?ffice. (file photo)
5-hour power interruptions plague Davaoeños
The Davao Light and Power Company is short of 105 megawatts or an equivalent of five hours of power interruption because of the ongoing drought.
Philippines: Witnesses, victims recount shooting, beating by police
The Philippine police may have used unnecessary lethal force in breaking up a demonstration by farmers in Kidapawan City on April 1, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today.