A labor group organizer was detained by soldiers while a banana plantation worker was killed by suspected military agents in Davao region,days before the first year anniversary of martial law in Mindanao.
One year after the Proclamation 216 was signed declaring the suspension of habeas corpus and the implementation of Martial Law in Mindanao, human rights group rounded up numerous cases of abuses.
The Australian Deputy Head to the Philippines preferred not to comment on the deportation order against activist missionary, Sister Patricia Fox.
Mother of slain 15-year-old Jhun Mark Acto feared for her life after several unidentified men went to their house at Barangay Old Bulatukan in Makilala town, Cotabato.
In time for the 36th commemoration of the Press Freedom Week, the biggest media group in Northern Mindanao has reminded journalists to be truthful and fair in their reports to counter the proliferation of fake news in the country.