Police chief PSupt Solomon De Castilla on Tuesday bared the identity of suspected gunman of slain radio broadcaster Rogelio “Tata” Butalid who was killed December 11 last year.
Various sectoral organizations are now pushing for the turn-over of Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US Navy man implicated in the killing of a transgender last Saturday to the Philippine authorities.
Poor girl children stay at home at take a rest instead of buying medicines, says a research by women and children advocate Talikala Incorporated.
A father and his son who were on their way home were reportedly killed by army soldiers last Sunday in Tubod, Manurigao, New Bataan, Compostela Valley.
A military official denied the reported incident of drunken soldiers who fired at communities in Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte.
While in grief following the recent bombing of their church in Pikit, North Cotabato last Wednesday, the General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) called for a prayer for peace.
A peasant leader detained here is set to file a counter affidavit on Friday to counter the complaint of theft leveled on him by one Vivien Jubac, a land owner in Davao Oriental.
A leader of peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas was arrested Tuesday morning while facilitating a farmer’s dialogue with land owners in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, a human rights group spokesperson said.
Former Tagum Mayor Rey Uy announced his mayoralty bid in 2016 elections, saying he was alarmed by the escalating crimes in the city.
A tribal leader from Kapalong, Davao del Norte believed that the recent attempt to kill a peasant organizer may be the “next level” of harassment to force them to give-up their demand of pulling-out Army troops from their communities.
