Aside from being required to sign on the logbook at the entrance and exit points of Barangay White Culaman in Kitaotao town, Bukidnon, other residents have also experienced restrictions in their communication after members of the Army allegedly prohibited them to use mobile phones.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte assured the public that the city remains safe amid the ongoing security operations against the kidnappers of three foreigners and a Filipina in Samal Island last Monday night.
The public inquiry of the Commission on Human Rights on the plight of tribal communities in southern Mindanao, held Thursday, dismayed a council of tribal elders and their support groups.
Farmer villagers in a village in Bukidnon, northern part of Mindanao is experiencing hamletting similar to the scenario of Martial Law, an independent fact-finding mission of human rights groups reports held last September 16-18.
The Office of the City Prosecutor here dismissed the case against 15 activists on allegations that they kidnapped and detained the Lumad evacuees in a church compound.