The military on Sunday announced they killed three members of the New People's Army in Paquibato District here, but human rights group Karapatan condemned the killing as a "massacre" of three civilian tribal leader, village (purok) leader, and a resident, as well as an attempted murder of a woman farmer leader.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said the closure of the indigenous peoples schools in Davao del Norte province is a "stupid idea".
School children, particularly the boys were lining up a barber shop, arranged from the shortest to the tallest, each waiting for their turn for a haircut.
Private First Class Khen Subere denied he has gone Awol (absent without official leave) from the military during his capture by the New People's Army a month ago.
Jepoy, 16, has been working for a sugarcane plantation in Bukidnon since he was 12 years old. At a young age, he decided to work to help his family for their survival.