An army spokesman challenged several progressive groups to file formal complaints against erring military and police officials to prove their allegations of human rights violations.
The relatives of the four residents accused as New People’s Army rebels and arrested by the military in Laak, Compostela Valley on June 27 said the four were only fishing past the “curfew” hour.
Almost a hundred teachers and students are holding temporary classes starting Monday, July 3 in makeshift camps they set-up along the highway in Panacan here.
The Department of Education in Region 11 said it cannot intervene on the reported attacks on Lumad schools and teachers in the region as the concern is out of their mandate.
The Task Force Davao said the four activists who were held in a checkpoint Wednesday evening were flagged for being “suspicious individuals.”
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s first year in office was marred with human rights calamity, assault on critics and unabated killings.
Four leaders of progressive groups were held for hours at a military checkpoint here Wednesday night.
“Please rescue me, karon na” (right now). This was the frantic text message sent by teacher Ramel Miguel to Ricky Balilid, moments after the Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center in Sitio Nasilaban, Talaingod, Davao del Norte was fired upon by a certain Rodel Buntanlog on Tuesday, 10 am.
A top health official in Lanao del Sur province confirmed on Monday two cases of death among the evacuees in the area due to diarrhea.
A total of 172 families or 1,025 individuals, including children, took refuge in a gymnasium here after the Maute Group attacked Marawi last May 23.
