About 20 students of Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Incorporated (MISFI) Academy in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, were reported to have been in the group who were fired upon by members of the tribal militia, called Alamara.
At least 1, 783 individuals equivalent to 378 families from different tribal communities in Surigao del Sur were forced to evacuate their communities due to intensified military operations, a human rights spokesperson said Wednesday.
After her parents disappeared eight years ago, a young woman is still pining for the day when she sees her missing loved ones.
“There is no specific provision in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that recognizes the promotion of the welfare and protection of security of tenure of regular employees.”
The women belied the allegation, and insisted that they were forced to confess they were guerrillas.
The colleague of slain Italian missionary Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio said they are giving the Department of Justice the “last chance” to investigate and file murder charges against the perpetrators.
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.
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…
