So-called Dutertards are often accused of drinking the Kool-Aid, the idiomatic expression used to mean the absolute internalization of a doctrine or complete fixation upon something or someone to the point that no possible flaw or fallibility can be attributed to it.
Northern Mindanao’s indigenous peoples (IPs) are still optimistic President Rodrigo Duterte will act on their complaints of alleged abuses perpetrated by state agents against them as they submitted a report on these violations to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-10) in the region.
While the Philippines in general remains to be a relatively safe place for the LGBTIQ or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer community compared to other Southeast Asian countries, the country still lacks national policies that shall protect their rights, advocates here said.
In a bid to raise awareness and promote breastfeeding, about 200 moms gathered at the CAP Auditorium Art Center here and simultaneously breastfeed their babies for one whole minute.
An estimate of 200 mothers from Davao region participate in the national simultaneous breastfeeding during the 2017 Hakab Na held at the CAP Auditorium Art Center on Saturday, August 5. (More…) (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte said it was his sentiment for the poor families to get out of poverty through their children that persuaded him to sign the free education law.
President Rodrigo Duterte admitted he was hurt by the remarks of former President Benigno Aquino III, who said that nothing happened a year after his administration implemented the war on drug.
“Where do I pump? Where do I express my milk?” These are the common questions faced by breastfeeding mothers when in public places or establishments.
As the fighting in Marawi City enters its 74th day today, it is not far-fetched that women and children displaced by the ongoing fighting are now being targeted by traffickers in the country, women’s groups here said Friday.
Jay Apiag, Karapatan Southern Mindanao Region, holds a photo of propaganda posters declaring Karapatan, Gabriela, Bayan Muna, and Anakpawis as supporters of the New People’s Army. Apiag called this acts of red-baiting, which results to real harm for activists in a press conference on Friday, July 4 in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
