Today’s News to Go

More than 70 indigenous organizations from across Asia urged President Benigno Aquino III to put an end to killings of and other abuses against Lumads of Mindanao.

The Social Security Commission, the policy-making body of the Social Security System (SSS) has approved the grant of a calamity relief package for SSS members and pensioners affected by Typhoon Lando for calamity areas declared by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

The National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) in Compostela Valley reminded the developers that “any development to be undertaken in the ancestral domain, may it be initiated by the government or private sector, must secure free and prior informed consent (FPIC).”

The provincial government of Davao del Norte hosted earlier today Press Freedom Month celebration participated by different local media with a theme “Katungod ug Respeto Ipatigbabaw sa Malahutayong Pamahayag”.

Bayan Muna Partylist Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate today called on the Aquino administration to dismantle paramilitary groups “that in recent months gravely affected the indigenous peoples.”