In commemoration of International Women's Month this March, a Lumad women's organization in Southern Mindanao Region vowed to remain at the forefront in defending their ancestral lands and asserting their basic rights.
Ninety-five families of two Manobo villages in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga town, Surigao del Sur province reportedly fled their homes on Friday (Feb 29) amid reported gun battles between government soldiers and the New People's Army (NPA) near their communities.
As the country commemorated the 34th EDSA People Power anniversary on Tuesday(Feb 25), survivors of Marcos dictatorship, along with human rights advocates, warned that the Duterte administration is "a haunting shadow of one of the darkest eras in Philippine history."
A human rights group has assailed the reported February 18 airstrike launched by the military against a village in Bukidnon province, some 255 kilometers away from this city.
A day before Valentine’s Day, women's rights advocates in the city organized the local leg of One Billion Rising (OBR) - a global campaign that seeks public attention on gender-based violence through flash mobs.