A 52-year-old woman farmer was killed and at least four others were wounded after a strafing incident in Mabini town, Compostela Valley on Thursday, July 13.
The brutal slaying of 28 land and environmental defenders in 2016 underscores the risk of environmental activism in the Philippines, placing the country again in the global spotlight as one of the deadliest countries in Asia and the world for environment activists.
Joniver Abo is already 21 years old, but he is determined to finish his high school education and hopes to become a teacher someday.
The military dismissed a member of its Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit personnel on July 1 after they verified that the militiaman had indeed fired upon a school in Talaingod town in Davao del Norte.
The human rights group Karapatan in Southern Mindanao raised concern on the possible increase in cases of human rights violations as President Rodrigo Duterte indicated to the men and women of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology a dubious style in dealing with those involved in crimes, particularly drugs.
A top military official here said they will investigate a member of the military intelligence unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who was accused of sexual harassment by a lumad student in a protest camp in Panacan, Davao City.
A protesting Lumad student found another battle to face as she filed charges against a suspected member of the intelligence community for acts of lasciviousness.
Thirteen-year-olds Angelica and Lady Jean are Grade 7 students of Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center Inc. (STTILCLCI) in Spur Dos, Monkayo town in Compostela Valley Province.
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.
