Police assault on church compound disrespects Church – UCCP leaders
The United Church of Christ in the Philippines criticized a police assault on its compound here on Friday and described it as "disrespectful" of the sanctity of the Church.
The United Church of Christ in the Philippines criticized a police assault on its compound here on Friday and described it as "disrespectful" of the sanctity of the Church.
Members of Congress' Makabayan bloc condemned as “forcible and violent” the attempts to evict tribal families from a church compound here.
Lumads said that like the Army who allegedly hurt them in their villages, the police also did it to them in the city amid an attempt to force them to go home.
Local officials here intervened in the commotion inside an evacuation camp, which the Davao City Police Office raided on Thursday morning.
The police here raided early Thursday morning an evacuation camp where 700 indigenous people from Talaingod, Davao del Norte and some parts of Bukidnon province sought sanctuary for months now.