A militant lawmaker filed a House resolution seeking to investigate the death of Veronico “Nico” Lapsay Delamente, a 27 year-old Lumad-Mamanwa leader who was killed by two unidentified men in Punta Naga Gymnasium, Barangay Caagdianao at Claver town, Surigao del Norte.
Rep. Ariel Casilao of Anakpawis Partylist is alarmed of the “serial killing of farmers” in the province amidst the peace talks between the government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in this city will give additional relief goods to a thousand of protesting farmers who joined the “Kampuhan sa Dabaw.”
A large-scale nickel mining firm based in Caraga region clarified that Veronico “Nico” Delamente, the Mamanwa tribal leader, who was killed by unknown motorcycle riding gunmen last Jan.20 was not an “anti-mining activist.”
Highly atrocious and a travesty to the ongoing peace talks.
A total of 18 farmers have sought the assistance of government agencies to negotiate their return to Mindanao after they have escaped from Hacienda Luisita, a peasant group said on Monday.
A leader of Mamanwa tribe was gunned down by unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Friday, Jan. 20 in Claver, a mining town in Surigao del Norte.
This was how Commission on Higher Education Commissioner Prospero De Vera III described the statement of CHED Chair Patricia Licuanan when she pointed out that the P8.3B allocation will not help the poor because majority have stopped schooling and are no longer enrolled in universities.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said the lack of justice, 30 years after the Mendiola massacre shows the need for the country to have a genuine agrarian reform program.
If there’s one lesson that the Philippine government could learn from US President Barack Obama ‘s decision on commuting the prison term given to the “Wikileaks” man, it is the government’s treatment of whistleblowers.
