The Army’s 10th Infantry Division said the soldier and four members of the Special Cafgu Active Auxiliaries (SCAAs) of the 72nd Infantry Battalion are “placed under arrest” for alleged torture of an elderly Tagakulo tribal man in Barangay Demoloc, Malita, Davao Occidental on February 19.
Two weeks after the fire gutted a dormitory and makeshift shelters of Lumad evacuees inside a church compound here, police are yet to release their report that seeks to find out whether the accident was orchestrated, or not.
Loradel thought it was the usual trouble at their workplace: a faulty wiring which their boss can easily put out.
While Jolita Ladica is often seen frequenting Bankerohan, she is not one of those who haggle with vendors over vegetable prices, although her main business at the market is to bring food for her children.
Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Monday, March 7, criticized a labor arbiter’s decision to junk a complaint of some 84 dismissed workers of a Japanese-owned company in Digos City, saying it was done “partially.”
Human rights group Karapatan has made a formal complaint to the United Nations (UN) on the burning of makeshift shelters and a church-owned dormitory which housed at least 700 Lumad evacuees.
The daughter of the slain leader of the Manobo tribe in Lianga, Surigao del Sur met with United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Michel Forst during the 31st UN Human Rights Council sessions held in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, March 2.
Half of all Filipino women live below poverty line, according to a study conducted by the Center for Women’s Resources.
Several kins of Filipino workers killed in a hotel fire in Iraq refused to sign documents sent by the victims’ employer as they doubt that by doing so would mean an unresolved closure.
In a gathering held here on Saturday, February 27, around 300 women from several parts of Mindanao converged to discuss and draft a pro-women’s agenda that will be presented to Davao’s tough-talking mayor.
