Read more about the article Gunfires meet HR team probing Pantukan attacks
THREAT. An army trooper hidden in plain sight fires his gun as members of a Quick Reaction Team of the human rights group Karapatan-SMR is on its way to Sitio Post-4, Barangay Napnapan, in Pantukan, Compostela Valley on February 11 to probe the indiscriminate firing allegedly perpetrated by soldiers. (Photo from Karapatan)

Gunfires meet HR team probing Pantukan attacks

The team dispatched by Karapatan to unearth traces of alleged ‘indiscriminate’ military-led firings in Compostela Valley this week said it has become targets of the attacks itself.

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Read more about the article US playwright moved to tears inside Davao City evacuation camp
EMOTIONAL. Eve Ensler, founder of One Billion Rising global campaign turns emotional after hearing the stories of the Lumad evacuees inside the evacuation center at a church compound in Davao City on Friday, February 12. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

US playwright moved to tears inside Davao City evacuation camp

American playwright and activist Eve Ensler learned so many things from her visit at the evacuation camp in a church compound here on Friday, February 12.

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Read more about the article Labor woes hound banana exporter Sumifru
A Mindanao subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. is threatened with protests as its workers alleged the company of failing to respect the country's labor laws. (file photo)

Labor woes hound banana exporter Sumifru

A Mindanao subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. is threatened with protests as its workers alleged the company of failing to respect the country's labor laws.

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Read more about the article Karapatan blames military for deadly, ‘indiscriminate’ Comval attacks
Army spokesman Captain Rhyan Batchar says the casualties in the military operations in Pantukan town Compostela Valley province on Tuesday, February 9 were caught in an encounter. But human rights leader, Hanimay Suazo of Karapatan Southern Mindanao said the victims were civilians. Karapatan called on the local government unit to probe the incident. (File photos)

Karapatan blames military for deadly, ‘indiscriminate’ Comval attacks

Human rights group Karapatan in Southern Mindanao blamed the Philippine Army's 46th Infantry Battalion (IB) for the death of a civilian who was shot by an unknown assailant on Tuesday noon, February 9 in Poblacion, Compostela, Compostela Valley Province.

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