The assailant behind the death of an anti-mining activist in Compostela Valley could be motivated by personal grudges, without yet considering the 60-year-old's vocal opposition towards large scale mining in Mindanao, a police report said on Saturday, January 30.
Three days after she was shot by a still unidentified assailant, a 60-year old activist in Compostela Valley died early morning Saturday bringing the number of victims of extrajudicial killings in the region to four in just a month.
Teachers at schools serving indigenous peoples (IP) in remote areas in Mindanao fear for more attacks coming from paramilitary group Alamara as they received a new death threat over the weekend.
A church worker and a farmer who were recently cleared of the ambush of Gingoog City Mayor Ruthie Guingona are facing a new set of criminal charges, extending their time in detention, the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) said on Monday, January 25.
Activists marking the first year since the deadly clash in Mamasapano warned that with the Supreme Court (SC) upholding a bolstered US-Philippine military alliance, such incident that caused the lives of 44 soldiers and civilians could likely happen again.