The human rights group, Karapatan, said that political killings and illegal arrests have continued within the remaining weeks before the end of the term of President Benigno Aquino III.
The family of Jonas Burgos, a farmer-activist is hoping that the next President can bring him back home six years after he was taken by suspected military men.
The Philippine chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle condemned the beheading of Canadian John Ridsdel, by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf group after more than seven months of captivity.
Drought-stricken farmers who barricaded this city’s main highway did not wait long before they got partial victory Monday, April 25 with the delivery of 2,000 sacks of rice from the government.
Imelda Penaso, 42, of Arakan Valley spent a week in detention after joining the protest of farmers in Kidapawan City late last March.
Farmers protests have escalated in different areas in Mindanao to demand the release of rice subsidy in the middle of the El Nino dry spell.
DAVAO CITY – Earlier today, progressive groups set up camp outside the Regional Office of Department of Agriculture here calling for…
Residents here on Thursday, April 21 expressed worry over the search engine www.wehaveyourdata.com which made their personal information available to the public.
The chief of the government’s public attorneys’ office has asked the police to drop the charges against farmers who mounted a highway barricade in Kidapawan City late last month.
Some of the farmers who were ‘illegally detained’ and temporarily freed in Kidapawan City over the weekend will speak before the Senate on Wednesday, April 20.
