Two members of the Army and an identified member of the Magahat-Bagani paramilitary group were accosted for taking footages of the funeral of massacre victims in Surigao del Sur on Sunday.
Despite being called "the most vulnerable of sectors," Lumad women chose to be at the forefront in the defense of their ancestral land.
Groups advocating organic farming worry on the possible contamination of cornfields in Mindanao after a study conducted by farmers' group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag) showed a white corn variety in Bukidnon tested positive with the genetically modified Round-up Ready (RR corn) hybrid traits.
Children of victims of paramilitary killings in Surigao town urged President Benigno Aquino III to end the killings of indigenous peoples or Lumads.
A group of child-rights advocates lamented the government’s inaction over educational institutions “villified” as New People’s Army schools.