STANDPOINT: Italian priest calls for release of detained IP school teacher

Last August 19, Amelia Pond, a teacher and researcher for the Salugpongan Schools was illegally arrested in Cebu City after attending the national assembly of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines of which she was the regional coordinator for Davao.

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Read more about the article Standpoint | Ferdinand E. Marcos and the Lumad and Moro of Mindanao
Members of the group Konsensya Dabaw troop in front of San Pedro Church? in Davao City? on Sunday morning, August 14 to call on President Duterte to bury former president Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. in Batac, Ilocos Norte, not in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. On the candles are the names of Davaoeños who became? ? victims? of Martial Law that was proclaimed by the late strongman.(Paulo C.Rizal/davaotoday.com)?

Standpoint | Ferdinand E. Marcos and the Lumad and Moro of Mindanao

Ferdinand E. Marcos, who was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, did a lot of injustice to the indigenous peoples/Lumad and Moro of Mindanao.

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Read more about the article STANDPOINT |Bishops back resumption of GRP-NDF  formal peace talks
They also for the resumption of Peace Talks between the government and the National Democratic Front this month of July.

STANDPOINT |Bishops back resumption of GRP-NDF formal peace talks

There are root causes to the armed conflict. Unless and until these root causes are addressed, armed conflict is bound to continue.

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