The death of two Filipino children in the government’s war on illegal drugs underscores a United Nations inquiry that will probe the killings, a New York-based human rights group said.
The implementation of the martial law in Mindanao in light of the crisis in Marawi City has not stopped investors and business people from all over the island to participate in the biggest gathering of key players in the business sector.
A Maranao woman leader has urged evacuees to ask Christian churches to help them, and appealed to the latter to consider giving out cash instead of relief goods.
Detained Senator Leila de Lima warned the son and son-in-law of President Rodrigo Duterte that his staunch critic, Sen. Antonio Trillianes IV, is hot on their trail.
Lumad students from various parts of Mindanao who took part in this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities got the chance to see face-to-face victims of the dreaded anti drug war, known as “Oplan Tokhang”, of the Duterte administration in an activity inside the Kampuhan in UP Diliman on Friday, September 8.
A lawyer of the Bureau of Customs on Thursday disclosed that an employee once went to her office representing the “Davao Group”.
The assistant director of the Civil Service Commission – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao died when he was hit by a stray bullet on Thursday, Sept. 7 while at the gate of the main campus of Mindanao State University in Marawi City.
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas pointed at President Rodrigo Duterte as behind the rejection of the appointment of Rafael Mariano as secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
Farmer leaders from various parts of the country who are joining this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities have expressed concern over the cases of extrajudicial killings that victimized their leaders and Lumad members in Mindanao.
To ensure the conviction of criminal offenders, prosecutors must no longer be “passive” but must be resourceful in gathering additional evidence other than what the law enforcers give them, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official said.
