Human Rights

Southern Mindanao Cited as Nation?s Safest Region

By Grace S. Uddin
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY ? This city?s notoriety as the ?salvage? capital of the Philippines did not prevent the Southern Mindanao region, where other cities also emulate Davao in dealing with suspected criminals, from getting the award for the ?Best in Regional Peace and Order Council? for the year 2004.

?Salvage? is a term widely used by Filipinos to refer to a summary execution, often by people suspected to be authorities, mainly the police. ?Salvaging,? in fact, has been widely supported and endorsed by Davao City officials, among them Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC).

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Channel P1 billion AFP fund to schools, medicines, and peace talks, Ka Bel challenges GMA

From the Office of Anakpawis Representative Crispin B. Beltran Lisa C. Ito, Public Information Officer (+63)927.796.7006 NEWS RELEASE June 22, 2006 Channel P1 billion AFP fund to schools, medicines, and…

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Tribal groups say HRVs to escalate with GMA?s 2-year counter-insurgency plan

Indigenous people communities raised alarm over the Arroyo government?s heightened counter-insurgency operations saying these will lead to the escalation of human rights violations from among their ranks. ?Indigenous peoples? communities…

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