Torrential rain displaces 344 individuals in Tagum
Around 344 individuals from nine villages were displaced and later evacuated in an elementary school in this city after last night’ deluged due to heavy down pour of torrential rains.
Church, Reds urge peace talks to address mining, lumad issues
The National Democratic Front and a Protestant church formation in Mindanao want a stop on large-scale mining and military activities in indigenous areas such as in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. They also asked for the resumption of peace talks.
Phils ranks 3rd in scot-free media killers
In its “Getting Away With Murder: CPJ’s 2014 Global Impunity Index” report released Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said that 51 journalists in the country have been killed next to Somalia with 27 killed and one conviction and Iraq with 100 and no conviction.
Thousands rush on last day of income tax-filing
Long queues and complaints filled the last day of the filing of personal income tax at the Bureua of Internal Revenue Davao region office. The BIR projected some 23,000 people from the city to file their taxes, and indeed the last hour was a scramble for people to beat the deadline.
Manobo leaders dismayed with CHR, NCIP absence
Leaders of the Manobos trooped to the offices of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Tuesday to report abuses purportedly committed by the military in their community of Talaingod, Davao del Norte.