The killing goes on: Another Lumad farmer-activist killed in ComVal
A Lumad farmer-activist in Compostela Valley province was gunned down on Wednesday afternoon, according to a local human rights group.
Workers stage a piket rally in front of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment region XI to demand a 16,000 pesos wage for all workers. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Blood spills, harassment against workers continue in Duterte admin
A labor rights organization on Friday said that 14 workers were killed in what it described as a “politically motivated” killings and labor harassments continued under the Duterte administration.
PORTRAITS. Members of Hustisya, a group of family members demanding justice for the deaths of slain activists, hold up portraits of the 24 victims of politically motivated killings since President Rodrigo Duterte came into power. Hustisya, along with Karapatan and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, held a protest along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on Thursday, April 20. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Families of farmer activists killed in Davao region appeal for Duterte’s help
Rutchiel Saypan, 26, joined other families of farmer-activists in a protest on Thursday to call for justice for her cousin, Jimmy Saypan .
‘Valley of death’: Another farmer-activist gunned down in ComVal
Danilo Nadal, 37, was a member of Hugpong sa mga Mag-uuma sa Pantukan (HUMAPAN), a local farmer’s group in the said town. He sustained 10 gunshot wounds.
3 farmer-activists killed in Compostela in one day
Three farmer activists, including a couple, were killed in Compostela Valley, barely a week before the fourth round of peace talks between communists and the Philippine government.