Envi activists declare MGB ‘closed’
The Panalipdan Southern Mindanao together with sectors and communities affected by mining disasters staged a protest rally in front of Mines and Geosciences Bureau XI (MGB) office Tuesday morning.
The Panalipdan Southern Mindanao together with sectors and communities affected by mining disasters staged a protest rally in front of Mines and Geosciences Bureau XI (MGB) office Tuesday morning.
Lumad leaders in Mindanao gather here starting Tuesday for a conference as their communities are “under intensified attack by environmental plunder, militarization and human rights violations.”
A militant leader of the Higaonon tribe in Bukidnon lamented he is facing "trumped-up" murder charges by a relative who claimed that her husband was killed by the New People's Army.
Some 5,000 workers are set to join a rally being organized by the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on May 1 to celebrate the International Labor day and to commemorate the group's 35th founding anniversary.
Sanchez said they will use the confiscated weapons to equip newly formed additional NPA platoons.