An administrator of a school owned by Lumads but run by educators and missionaries from the non-government sector said government appear to receive a “slap in the face” whenever individuals and organizations donate funds, materials and moral support to indigenous peoples.
A Filipina Benedictine nun from Mindanao is the recipient of the Award for Human Rights by the Weimar City in Germany this year.
Workers of a Japanese company which manufactures wall panels, roofing systems, and other building and housing materials for export is currently on demonstration after the management reportedly sacked more than 100 workers who refused to sign contracts putting them under labor agencies.
The Davao City Police Office will implement the Operation Plan (Oplan) Sita to visitors during the Kadayawan Festival as part of its security measures.
Aida Seisa, the farmer leader from Paquibato District here who owned the house raided by the military on June 14 midnight, surfaced and came to the City Council’s regular session to give her account of the incident.