Open-pit mining consultation marred with reported harassment
A leader of a small-scale miners group complained that Army troops harassed him to keep him out of a public consultation on open-pit mining operations.
New approach on child trafficking for drugs urged
Child’s rights advocates said the city needs to review its way of handling the rising problems of child trafficking. This as three children acting as runners for illegal drugs were caught by police last week.
Adding insult to injury: Zero conviction under PH’s anti-torture law
A Hong Kong-based legal rights organization said the Aquino administration failed "to investigate, prosecute and convict" state agents and their accomplices for violating the Anti-Torture Act of 2009, as the country is supposed to join the global observance on Thursday the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Teachers pitch in to keep child laborers in school
Once in a while, she hears teachers report of students being absent for more than a week. But instead of approving their recommendation to drop absentee students, she asked teachers to check them in their homes.
Farmer and barangay leader Pedro Cadungog (left) of Maco, Compostela Valley with son Randil recounts how army soldiers forced them as guides in tracking the New People's Army last June 7, that resulted to them witnessing soldiers killed or injured from a detonated blast.
ComVal farmer, son forced as guides in military rebel hunt
“They made us guide them to where the NPA rebels are posting. They did not allow us to refuse,” said Pedro in vernacular. “I asked them if we will be put to danger, they said they are not sure and that would depend on whether the NPAs hit us.”
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