Two women, one of them three months pregnant, were allegedly held in custody by an Army unit without an arrest warrant in Davao Oriental late last night.
A community-based school run by the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines in Talaingod, Davao del Norte has stopped its operations a day after celebrating their founding anniversary last October 1 due to intensified militarization.
Children will march on the streets to symbolize their condemnation against child trafficking and other violation of children’s rights.
Although they welcomed the surrender of a former governor tagged in the killing of a local radio broadcaster, the National Union of Journalist in the Philippines Davao urged the public and the media to be “vigilant and cautious for a possible whitewash.”
Davao City – Non-government organizations and religious leaders demanded the authorities Monday to “immediately and unconditionally release” their colleague who…
Isla Verde residents may be dislocated as a reclamation project in the area is being negotiated by the city government with some investors including a Malaysian firm.
“If only the admin [Aquino administration] pursued the peace process to the CPP-NDFP-NPA, these [human rights violations] will not happen,” Duterte said.
“We did everything and yet this is what we got from them in return. They brutally killed our kin!” he said.
He said that the city will ensure the security of everybody.
“The problem is there are vehicles which are allowed to use public roads, highways and avenues, and there are those which are not allowed, and this includes passenger tricycles,” Duterte said during his weekly program Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa.
