The City Government of Davao imposed a 14-day hard lockdown of Purok 8, Barangay Tomas Monteverde after 65 individuals tested positive of Covid-19 in their RT-PCR test.
Activists and rights defenders went around the city on Monday to remove posters that tagged them as “human rights violators” and “berdugo” (butchers), which they deemed is a threat to silence their advocacy with the Anti-Terror Act in effect.
Minus the tribal dances and motifs, the opening ceremony for Kadayawan Festival 2020 held in front of the Davao City Hall was brief and simple in observance of quarantine protocols due to the pandemic.
An official of the Southern Philippine Medical Center in a statement refuted claims that the hospital is engaged in anomalies on the use of the P326 million reimbursement from PhilHealth for Covid-19 patients.
A Mindanao-based peace group condemned the Quezon City police for “snatching” the body of murdered peasant leader Randall Echanis from his grieving family.