Sitio Valma of Barangay Ngan in the municipality of Compostela used to be a thriving logging community in the 1970s up to the 1990s. When the company’s timber logging agreement (TLA) expired, Consuelo Valderrama, its owner, chose not to renew the contract, signalling the death of the boom town.
He could hear the sound of his footsteps as he ran to escape his captors. His heart beat very fast. He went to their underground house, where they used to hold secret meetings against the Marcos government, to warn other activists to abandon the place. But men in uniforms captured him instead. “It was just like in the movies,” recalls Bienvenido Lumbera, the National Artist for Literature, who was once a Martial Law survivor.
Tubod, Lanao del Norte-Signs of traumatic distress such as suspicion, anxiety and fear are visible among the internally displaced persons…
Funded by the United Nations children’s fund (Unicef), the Ibon book delves into the lives of women and children living in areas under the influence of the New People’s Army (NPA) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), hence, the subject of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operations.
Ma. Esmeralda Macaspac, CRC executive director, said the statements made by Colonel Marlou Salazar, 601st brigade commander, were “irresponsible and cowardly.” She pointed out that five of the six children who were killed were below ten years old, slamming the military’s penchant for branding children that they have killed in their operations as “child warriors.”
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is appalled that relatives and friends of four journalists in the Philippines received menacing…
Tagum City-Objective reporting can hardly be achieved if media practitioners would allow themselves to get paid by politicians, Davao del…
Duterte said he is against the formation of a group whose sole purpose is vendetta because it will only lead to the killing of more people.
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITYAmidst reports of civilian casualties in the recent fighting in Mindanao, Moro…
