At least 2,000 Lumad and Moro from all over Mindanao marched in Naga City and converged at the Plaza Quezon for a solidarity night hosted by local human rights groups.
A leader of a farmers’ group based in Compostela Valley, province was shot by an unknown assailant on Monday, Oct. 10.
Only a little over a month, three suspects were arrested. The three were linked to the Lanao del Sur-based Maute group, the military said.
Around 2,000 indigenous people and Moro from various regions in Mindanao converged in Leyte on Sunday, Oct. 9 for the Visayas leg of this year’s people’s national caravan dubbed as the Journey of the National Minorities for Self Determination and Peace.
Close to a thousand participants composed of indigenous people and Moro from different parts of Mindanao staged a cultural night at Bankerohan gymnasium Friday, Oct. 7 to kick-off the group’s national caravan.
The colleague of slain Italian missionary Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio urged President Rodrigo Duterte to reopen the case which was stalled under the Aquino administration.
Hundreds of Moro and Lumad delegations coming from Mindanao will mount a national caravan leading to National Capital Region to air their issues, specifically on their right to self-determination and the call for just peace.
Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza met with family members of a foreign national held captive by the Abu Sayyaf group in Mindanao in the Philippines.
The Rotary Club of Davao started its breast cancer awareness campaign four years ago.
Progressive lawmakers sought investigation to what they claim as an illegal arrest against an indigenous peoples school teacher.
