Human rights group Amnesty International and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, September 3, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to respond to the deadly Davao blast “with peace and not with more violations of human rights.”
The Lumad evacuees in the provincial sports center in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur are returning to their communities on Friday, September 2.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo ordered all field offices to monitor the situation of evacuees in various areas following the death ?of a two-year old Manobo child at an evacuation camp in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.
More than 500 indigenous peoples who are now staying at the Sports Complex in Tandag, Surigao del Sur are set to “reclaim” their community in Sitio Han-ayan in Lianga of the same province.
The City Health Office revealed that the cause of death of the 3-year-old boy who died here last was severe bleeding and head injuries.