Human Rights

Newsbreak, AusAID launch journalism internship program for Mindanao students

Public Trust Media Group, publisher of Newsbreak, and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), are inviting interested students to apply for limited slots in the Journalism Internship Program for…

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A hard day’s work for Mac Unday

Mac Unday,13, pounds on a steel bar, protruding out of a cement post he finds in an abandoned lot on E. Jacinto Extension. If he succeeds in taking it out, the steel bar will sell at P11 per kilo in a junk shop. Mac has seven siblings. His mother, a laundrywoman, and his father, a housepainter, hardly earn anything in a day. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)


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Bombing in Baganga distressed children, violated their rights: group

?There are clear manifestations of uneasiness and tension in the children while they were sharing their experiences, particularly during the bombing.? This summed up the report of John Birondo, advocacy…

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The Ferrazini murder: Battle for hearts and minds

The killing of Davao businessman Vicente Ferrazini has turned into a battle for the hearts and minds of the people, with both the Communist New People's Army (NPA) and the Philippine Army using it to lash back at each other.

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The NPA’s ‘self-criticism’ on the Ferrazini killing

Merardo Arce Command Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command New People's Army February 25, 2008 A Statement of Self-Criticism on the Ferrazini Killing After issuing a statement on February 4, 2008…

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