A non-government organization said that the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police “planted” the two identification cards that supported the arrest of a Lumad school teacher in Cebu City last month.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will provide not only financial aid for the casualties of the Roxas night market bombing but also therapy services for three months for all the victims who are now experiencing physical and mental pain.
As early as 4:00 am on September 2, Tuesday, Lumad evacuees occupying the provincial sports center in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, together with support groups packed up, rode at least 10 trucks, and traveled more than four hours back to their communities in Sitio Han-ayan of Barangay Diatagon of this town.
Human rights group Amnesty International and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, September 3, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to respond to the deadly Davao blast “with peace and not with more violations of human rights.”
The Lumad evacuees in the provincial sports center in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur are returning to their communities on Friday, September 2.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo ordered all field offices to monitor the situation of evacuees in various areas following the death of a two-year old Manobo child at an evacuation camp in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.
More than 500 indigenous peoples who are now staying at the Sports Complex in Tandag, Surigao del Sur are set to “reclaim” their community in Sitio Han-ayan in Lianga of the same province.
The City Health Office revealed that the cause of death of the 3-year-old boy who died here last was severe bleeding and head injuries.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she is both heartbroken and furious over the death of a 3-year-old boy allegedly beaten by his stepfather in Matina Pangi, on Wednesday, August 24.
Indigenous People’s education advocates, on Thursday, August 25 sought help from the regional office of the Department of Education to prove the innocence of the arrested Lumad school teacher.
