President Rodrigo Duterte’s promises of change appear to be running shy of expectations, at least for farmer leader Pedro Arnado, chairperson of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Southern Mindanao Region.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has compared the New People’s Army, the armed-wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, to that of the Islamic State, saying the former are revolutionaries with objectives unlike the latter that is “dedicated to the destruction of mankind.”
The National Anti-Poverty Commission conducted a two-day peace forum at Hotel Conchita in Cagayan de Oro City on June 28 to promote and engage community members to become participants in the campaign for a just and lasting peace.
The high cost of the fighting in Marawi City is undeniable with the increasing count of civilian casualties and destruction of properties as the conflict goes on to this day.
Almost 40 days since the declaration of Martial Law, but government’s fight to reclaim Marawi City from ISIS-linked Maute group goes on.
China donated on Wednesday P370 million worth of guns to the Philippines in its bid to strengthen the country’s battle against terrorist.
Government forces recovered 17 bodies in Barangay Gadungan, Marawi City Wednesday morning.
Insensitive and callous. This was how human rights group Hustiya tagged and scored the proposal of the Department of Tourism to make the besieged Marawi City as tourism hub.
The Government of the People’s Republic of China donated P15 million to aid the relief operations and rehabilitation of Marawi.
President Rodrigo Duterte said he has relatives who joined the Maute group who launched an attack in Marawi City a month ago which prompted him to place Mindanao under Martial Law.
