A pregnant Lumad woman died while seven other individuals, five of whom are minors, were wounded after an alleged member of a paramilitary group indiscriminately fired at a crowd gathered for a wedding Saturday morning.
A Lumad school administrator accuse the Army of sending intelligence agents to harass him by “visiting” him and his family.
Almost a hundred mothers and young children attended the nutrition fair organized by the National Nutrition Council in a mall here on Wednesday, July 27 in the bid of mothers to get free vaccination for their infants.
More than a hundred residents of Barangay Manuel Guianga here buried Herme Alegre, a tribal school officer who was killed in an attack by armed men on their way home from a meeting.
Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said that the agency is ready to assist Lumad evacuees who are occupying an area inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran, pending an order from President Rodrigo Duterte.
While they are waiting for the harvest season, Datu Gunding said they hope they get aid from the government.
After a four-day tour to different communities in Mindanao, an estimated 200 human rights activists from different countries opened the 2nd General Assembly of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines at the Brokenshire Convention Center on Thursday, July 21.
Being full-time teachers is not easy for them, but quitting the job was never their option.
Activists who were acquitted of kidnapping charge are planning to file counter charges against the military who allegedly manufactured the complaints filed against them.
Some 200 visitors from 25 countries worldwide will attend a conference on human rights, focusing on the killings of the indigenous peoples or Lumads in Mindanao.
