COMPOSTELA, Compostela Valley – Members of the Compostela Farmers Association (CFA) has condemned propaganda that they said demonized their group…
The Lumads from Mindanao who put up camps inside the Liwasang Bonifacio here vowed to stay even during holding of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit here on November 18-19, when authorities already warned them that their stay was only up to next week.
About 500 lumads and human rights groups marched from Liwasang Bonifacio to the national office of the Department of Justice Thursday morning to seek for immediate action on the cases of human rights violations in Mindanao.
A lawyers’ group criticized President Benigno Aquino on the creation of paramilitary groups in tribal communities, calling it “no longer needed [because these are] peaceful in the first place”.
The New People’s Army released its two prisoners of war on Tuesday afternoon.
Members of the New People’s Army are set to release today the two soldiers taken last September 30.
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte called on President Benigno Aquino III to address the problem of “laglag bala” or…
Lumads who marched from Mindanao and have converged here picketed at the national office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to demand its closure for alleged failure to solve Lumad killings in Mindanao.
Banana workers from different Sumifru packing plants in Compostela Valley stage a rally to support their colleagues in the company’s cold storage facility who mounted a protest over the fruit giant’s refusal to enter into a new collective bargaining agreement.
Police authorities here will be launching massive operations targeting drug pushers after the 48 hours ultimatum given by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Monday.
