Politics

Sultan Hamidullah Atar said Duterte has committed gross human rights violations, especially against Meranaws during the Marawi siege.

A progressive labor group here blamed President Rodrigo Duterte's pronouncement tagging their group as a communist front for the intensified attacks against workers and their unions in Compostella Valley province.

Banana plantation workers of Japanese giant Sumitomo Fruit Corp. (Sumifru) in Compostela Valley province are planning to mount a strike after the firm refused to enter into a new collective bargaining agreement.

The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is responsible for the rise of cases of workers’ strikes in the country.

An evacuation center where indigenous people who sought refuge in the city stay is not a usual place where retired teachers spend their time.But for a 71-year-old retired teacher, teaching children who fled from their homes in Talaingod and Kapalong Davao del Norte, due to militarization of their communities, is where she finds fulfillment.