AFP Should Stop Making Excuses To Cover-Up Failure of GMA’s OBL II
(A Statement on the Disarming of Another Phil. Army Detachment) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is at it again. Every time public attention is focused on their tactical…
Why they flee sitio Bermuda
By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today
Somewhere in Bankerohan, in a compound still shady with trees, three-week-old Vermon Autan sleeps soundly on a mat in the bottom bunk of the dormitory-type room that he shares with his parents and four other siblings. The place is not his home.‘Exodus’ calls for end to militarization in countryside
Concerned organizations and individuals form an alliance called Exodus for Justice and Peace to call for a stop of the militarization in the countryside and for the return of hundreds of Lumads displaced from their communities. The alliance also seeks justice for the death of tribal chieftain Dominador Diarog, peasant leader Celso Pojas and other victims of human rights violations. Photo shows Exodus's members signing a statement of unity calling attention to the daily needs of victims, including health and medical services, psychosocial therapy sessions for women and children, legal services, moral support, among others. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
No home for Lumad children
A total of 83 Lumad (indigenous) children are forced to leave their homes in Compostela and Monkayo towns as government troops continue their operations against the New People's Army. Often caught in the crossfire, sometimes subjected to military harassments and intimidation, more than 30 Lumad families leave their homes and end up in Davao City's Bankerohan gym on May 16, where they take refuge. The evacuees first stayed in Compostela gym, but were hounded by government troops there. Click here for more photos. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
Child rights group fear rise in children victimized by armed conflict and development aggression
The KABIBA Alliance for Children's Concerns is alarmed over the increasing number of children affected by armed conflict and development aggression in the countryside of southern Mindanao. According to KABIBA's…
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