7,000 deaths and counting: HRW says Duterte liable for rights ‘calamity’ in PHL

An international human rights organization said that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could be held liable for “crimes against humanity” as his bloody war on drugs claimed more than 7,000 deaths.

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Read more about the article ?Elderly ?forest guard walks 35 km to call for Gina Lopez’s confirmation
SENIOR SUPPORTER. 70-year-old forest guard Ric Obenza walked 35 kilometers from Calinan district to Roxas Avenue on Wednesday March 1 to join the call to support the appointment of Gina Lopez as environment secretary. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

?Elderly ?forest guard walks 35 km to call for Gina Lopez’s confirmation

70-year old Ric Obenza ?said Secretary Gina Lopez ?"?needs to continue what she started because the closure of mining companies? ?should have happened a long time ago?."

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PNP to Human Rights Watch: provide evidence on cases of drug killings

The Philippine National Police has challenged the New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch to pr?esent evidence, affidavits, and file the appropriate cases against erring policemen, if allegations ?of planting evidence were true.

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NPA prisoners’ parents, wife plead to Duterte: Help us bring them back

??A wife who is pregnant with their first born, and parents who are searching for their son for already a month appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to help ??them be reunited with their loved ones.??

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Read more about the article NPA on Mayor Sara’s peace offer: NDF still the negotiating entity
NPA formation in Davao Oriental (FILE PHOTO/davaotoday.com)

NPA on Mayor Sara’s peace offer: NDF still the negotiating entity

The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao emphasized that although it welcomed the talks with Mayor Sara Duterte, it stands by the national leadership of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines as the negotiating entity in the peace process.

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