Analysis: Arroyo?s ?Silent War? Vs the Left
Merging Executive Policy and Military Strategy First of three parts In the long-drawn war against the Marxist guerrillas where force takes the lead, the country?s security forces have had a…
Merging Executive Policy and Military Strategy First of three parts In the long-drawn war against the Marxist guerrillas where force takes the lead, the country?s security forces have had a…
MANILA -- In the five and a half years of the Arroyo regime, state security forces have summarily executed more than 700 civilians and have caused the forcible disappearance of…
By Ren Jalaluddin Ropeta MANILA -- The brazen declaration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of a heightened war against the Communist insurgency is essentially a war against the Filipino people who…
COTABATO CITY -- It's very difficult hearing the news about my beloved Maguindanao. Relatives and friends have sent text messages about the destruction brought about by the offensives perpetrated by…
By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — A human-rights lawyer in Cagayan de Oro has allegedly been the subject of surveillance by men believed to be agents of the Philippine military, raising fears about her safety.
Two unidentified men were seen casing the office of Beverly Selim-Musni, one of the more prominent human-rights lawyer in Mindanao who is also the chairperson of the group Karapatan in Cagayan de Oro City, since June 27, according to the Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao (InPeace), a nongovernment peace advocacy group where Musni is also one of the convenors.