Amid the recent series of questionable arrests of several members of progressive groups, religious and humanitarian organizations slammed the military for accusing them of being alleged “communist fronts”.
The chair of the committee on the environment assured the public that the city government will look into the recent case of cutting of trees in Clifford Park.
The city goverment will allocate P4.2 million as donation for the earthquake affected residents of Davao del Sur and Cotabato provinces.
Bayan Muna Rep. Eufemia Cullamat recently filed a resolution in Congress calling for an investigation on the closure of Salugpongan schools in Mindanao.
Human rights group Karapatan questioned Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana’s order to set up checkpoints in areas in Mindanao affected by the series of earthquakes.
A human rights worker in Southern Mindanao has been reported missing, according to rights group Karapatan.
It was nine in the morning when people felt the strong tremors. In a split second, houses collapsed, and the trees were uprooted.
The national disaster agency said that it was a 6.6 magnitude tremor in Mindanao that killed at least eight people on October 29.
Authorities arrested 56 persons they alleged were communist rebels and “rescued” six minors supposedly undergoing “training and “indoctrination” during simultaneous raids on the offices of three activist groups and a private residence in Bacolod City early Friday evening, October 31.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is mulling requiring building proposals to have earthquake resistance mechanisms.
Environmental watchdog EcoWaste Coalition on Thursday lauded the efforts of the Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) and the provincial government of Misamis Oriental to ship back the remaining 5,177 metric tons of mostly plastic trash to South Korea before the year ends.
