Muslims across Mindanao condemned as blasphemous the cover of the controversial French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo showing a weeping prophet Muhammad holding up a sign saying “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”).
The seventh most wanted person in Laak municipality of Compostela Valley province was apprehended by the authorities in a shoot-out Thursday night in Tagum City.
Emailed by human rights group Karapatan to the media, the messages were written while they were on hunger strike to appeal for their freedom.
The National Democratic Front said it cancelled the release of its three police captives because of the presence of Army forces in the area for release.
The City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) has recorded an increase in the number of applications for renewal of business permit since it launched the “One-stop Shop” program last January 2.
The police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) recommended the filing of criminal cases against an Indian national who was accused by medical students of imposing high dormitory fees and other complaints.
The City Health Office (CHO) disclosed on Thursday that the dormitories housing Indian medical students “are filthy beyond compare”.
An alliance of lumad organizations in Mindanao prepared an “Uranda” or the indigenous people’s traditional lyric-poem to express to the visiting Pope their personal yearnings.
Human rights group Karapatan said there are 491 political prisoners in the country, 220 of whom were arrested under the Aquino administration.
They may not be one of the lucky ones who could get to meet Pope Francis, but Davaoenos here have the same message for the people’s Pope – that he could fix the Filipino’s ‘broken hearts.’
