Detained Senator Leila de Lima denounced the arrest and temporary detention of Davao City-based journalist Margarita Valle, and called it a “shameless act” meant to “silence messenger of truth”.
Evacuees who are currently staying at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Capitol grounds have built temporary shelters Monday as the provincial government has threatened to demolish them.
Farmer’s organization Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) condemned the killing of its member in the Bukidnon province over the weekend.
The counsel of Davao-based columnist Margarita Valle is mulling to file charges against the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) despite police’s apology over her arrest which it claimed was a mistaken identity.
Family members of 61-year-old veteran community journalist Margarita “Gingging” Valle said their mother was the “clear target” of the state forces, refusing to believe authorities’ claim that it was a case of mistaken identity.