Read more about the article Peasant group hit Roxas for ‘insensitive’ remark over Kidapawan massacre
DILG Secretary Mar Roxas said the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Office of the Ombudsman will start the lifestyle check on all PNP officials with no exemption.

Peasant group hit Roxas for ‘insensitive’ remark over Kidapawan massacre

A peasant group on Friday scored the “insensitive and unsympathetic” remark of administration bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas over the brutal and bloody Kidapawan massacre.

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Read more about the article Food, water, volunteers needed to put out Mt Apo grassfire
Caption: Aerial shot of the fire in Mt. Apo (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Air Force Tactical Operations Group 11 and 305th Air Intelligence Service Squadron)

Food, water, volunteers needed to put out Mt Apo grassfire

The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) appealed to the public to provide more food provision, water and volunteers to help out in quelling the grassfire in Mt. Apo.

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Read more about the article Bayan Muna: Kidapawan barricade dispersal a resonant of Mendiola Massacre 
Members of the SWAT team are positioned atop fire trucks. (Contributed photo by Kath Cortez)

Bayan Muna: Kidapawan barricade dispersal a resonant of Mendiola Massacre 

Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said the dispersal of the farmers in Kidapawan City resonates the 1987 Mendiola Massacre because of the police's use of their firearms to disperse protesters.

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Read more about the article PAMB approves resolution closing Mt. Apo ‘indefinitely’
GEARING UP. In Lake Venado, a group of porters gear up for the Mt. Apo summit. They loaded 20-25 kilos of stuff in their packs. (davaotoday.com photo by Rawi June Amaga-Morandante)

PAMB approves resolution closing Mt. Apo ‘indefinitely’

The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) passed a resolution on Thursday, March 31 to indefinitely close Mt. Apo from trekkers after a grass fire razed the peak of the mountain.

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