About 1,000 indigenous peoples from five different areas of Mindanao staged on Thursday a human chain outside the Armed Forces' Eastern Mindanao Command here to protest alleged abuses in tribal areas.
A church who has been active in helping in the release of government soldiers captured by communist guerrillas said it is harassed by the military for giving sanctuary to children of the Higaonon tribe.
Another multinational banana company in the region succumbed to workers’ protest revoking its implementation of the piece rate scheme which was criticized for cutting workers’ wage by more than half.
The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Philippines launched this year’s search for The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in the country.
Farmers living in the area in the University of the Philippines Mindanao compound where the city and UP is set to build an P8-billion sports complex said they cannot give-up their lots as it remains to be their only source of livelihood.