If not for a reporter who showed him a copy of the warrant of arrest, a church leader who was among those accused of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of indigenous peoples evacuees here, would not know about his pending arrest by police authorities.
With raised fist, student activists and faculty staff of the University of the Philippines Mindanao reminded the graduates to fulfill their responsibility to serve the people and to uphold their roles as “Iskolars ng Bayan” (nation’s scholars) during the 19th Commencement Exercises Tuesday, June 28.
A former political detainee is calling on incoming members of Congress to support the amnesty for political prisoners which President-elect Rodrigo Duterte plans to do.
Nilo, 22 said he was about to file his leave of absence from work to join his mother’s birthday celebration next month.
A farmer’s wife said her husband in Montevista town, Compostela Valley province committed suicide hours before his “scheduled interview” with military troops on Tuesday, June 8.
Human rights advocates of Karapatan Southern Mindanao (SMR) group protested in front of the office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) XI to express their dismay with the continuing human rights violations in Davao region.
Maria Elena Escandor, whose husband Romeo from Compostela Valley is one of the 72 political prisoners in Southern Mindanao region, is hoping that her husband will soon be reunited with their family after 10 years in jail.
The City Council here passed on second reading an ordinance prescribing the imposition of fees for the services of Davao City treatment and rehabilitation center.
The LGBT community here expressed condemnation of the Orlando, Florida shooting that killed at least 49 people, and injured 53 others.
Barangays here were asked to help eliminate child labor in the city.
