A Moro group condemned the all-out offensive of the armed forces against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) because civilians are bearing the brunt.
The Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao filed “a formal complaint against the Philippine government with the International Labour Organization (ILO) for violating Convention 87 and 98” before the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) XI Thursday.
Manobo Lumads from interior Davao del Norte villages and who sought safety here last month cancelled their scheduled return today as report of continued attacks by militiamen reached them.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has been blamed for the failure of the Kagan tribe to present an acceptable representative to the City Council, an NCIP executive said.
A city government official said he would asked City Hall authorities to increase the rent of night market stalls along Roxas Avenue here “to double the income of the city from the rent of these stalls”.
The New People’s Army has asked the “nationalist and pro-people” officers” of the armed forces and national police to take a stand “on the side of the broad people” in the raging debate on the death of a unit of police elite forces.
A 40-year old laborer was arrested by police officers after trying to bring drugs hidden in a lotion container inside the provincial jail in Davao del Norte Provincial Capitol Wednesday noon.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has ordered the release of three cops held captive by the New People’s Army in Surigao del Norte today (Thursday).
A partylist representative said Monday that even the statements of Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima last Sunday that protesters may be charged with sedition or rebellion, will not stop the protests calling for President Aquino’s resignation.
No brownouts occurred during the weekends despite an earlier announcement by the city’s sole electric distribution company of a two-hour rotational brownout from February 21 to March 2.
