Read more about the article Peasant leader doubts CMU farmers’ land ownership with pending GARB
Protesting farmers under the BUFFALO-TAMARAW-LIMUS (BTL) arrive in University of Santo Tomas in Manila on Thursday, October 12. (Photo courtesy of KMP-Northern Mindanao)

Peasant leader doubts CMU farmers’ land ownership with pending GARB

The farmers inside the Central Mindanao University (CMU) cannot claim the land within the term of President Rodrigo Duterte while the proposed Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) is still pending at the Lower House.

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Read more about the article German interfaith group tells Duterte: Release jailed church leaders, HR workers
Maria Toefilina Morales (center), wife of detained Iglesia Filipina Independiente Bishop Carlo Morales, seeks help from an interfaith group in Hamburg, Germany, Center for Global Ministries and Ecumenical Relations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, on October 4, 2017. (Photo courtesy of National Council of Churches in the Philippines)

German interfaith group tells Duterte: Release jailed church leaders, HR workers

An interfaith group based in Germany is appealing ?to ?President Rodrigo Duterte to release all the jailed church leaders, human rights workers and political prisoners in the country.

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Read more about the article Bukidnon farmers march to Manila, demand hectares of land owned by CMU
Protesting farmers under the BUFFALO-TAMARAW-LIMUS (BTL) arrive in University of Santo Tomas in Manila on Thursday, October 12. (Photo courtesy of KMP-Northern Mindanao)

Bukidnon farmers march to Manila, demand hectares of land owned by CMU

At least 100 Bukidnon farmers arrived in Manila Thursday, October 12 to bring their issues of lack of social services, irrigation, and the distribution of more than 500 hectares of land covered by the Central Mindanao University.

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Read more about the article HRW: Leila epitomizes risks of criticizing Duterte
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HRW: Leila epitomizes risks of criticizing Duterte

The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to upholding the arrest and detention of Senator Leima De Lima is a warning to all the critics of President Rodrigo Duterte, a New York-based human rights said on Wednesday, October 11.

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