Lifeless bodies of an elderly farmer and his son with disability were found in a field in a peasant community in Brgy. Kapatagan, municipality of Laak in Davao de Oro (formerly Compostela Valley) province.
When Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Regional Trial Court Branch 221 in Quezon City released its verdict on Thursday, the children of the Ampatuan massacre victims knew that they will be facing another journey after enduring one during the last 10 years.
A Moro group has sounded alarm on the planned establishment of a military installation in Marawi City.
A Manobo community in Santa Filomena, Quezon, Bukidnon fled their village last week after the military were coercing and threatening villagers to admit to being supporters of the New People's Army, a claim denied by the 88th Infantry Battalion.
A report from an environmental group noted 46 community defenders are victims of political killings this year, which is 53% more than last year’s report.