A group of scientist-activist in the Philippines urged the government to institutionalize Project NOAH or the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards, a responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system.
The government peace panel believes there is still a chance to iron out issues following the decision of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army’s National Operations Command to terminate its unilateral ceasefire.
Police forces involved in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs were likened to a “criminal underworld” that kill only the poor while receives payments for each killing, according to an Amnesty International report.
The NPA said government troops are operating in more than 500 villages, more than 164 municipalities and 43 provinces in the country.
A junior officer of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army was killed on Wednesday afternoon in a clash with suspected members of the New People’s Army in Manay, Davao Oriental.