A group of banana exporters in Mindanao claimed that the rule of law must prevail to settle the issue of the 145-hectare land dispute between the Lapanday Food Corporation and Madaum Agrariam Reform Beneficiaries, Inc.
National Democratic Front chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said the bilateral ceasefire agreement and amnesty for political prisoners can be discussed “before, during and even after” the third round of formal talks in Rome next year.??
The 159 farmers occupying a land area used by banana exporter Lapanday Foods Corporation are its rightful owners.
A Moro councilor here condemned the recent skirmishes between the Syria government and rebels in Aleppo, Syria that displaced and killed thousands of civilians.
President Rodrigo Duterte again called the United States as hypocrite for its threat to block the Philippines due to "human rights violations" related to his administrations' war on drugs.