A group here said Thursday that the fight of eliminating discrimination to people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome remains high as cases in Davao region stand at 2,266 since 1984.
Lumad Manobo datus here have stayed resilient, 23 years later after their founding, with a dialogue Wednesday with no less than their usual nemesis: army soldiers who have vilified and accused them of rebels.
Human rights group Karapatan said amidst the declared unilateral ceasefire by both the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, government troops are occupying health centers, barangay halls and even civilian houses in some parts of the country.
Various human rights groups scored the government for the death of a political prisoner who suffered a cardiac arrest.
An elderly political prisoner died Monday afternoon after his third cardiac arrest since Friday, Nov. 25.