50 hurt in violent police dispersal at anti-US rally
Over 50 protesters were hurt and 29 were nabbed following a violent dispersal during a rally at the U.S Embassy here Wednesday morning.
Over 50 protesters were hurt and 29 were nabbed following a violent dispersal during a rally at the U.S Embassy here Wednesday morning.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez visited today the wake of Jimmy Saipan, a farmer and anti-mining activist, who was gunned down by unknown assailants last Oct. 10 at Barangay New Visayas in Montevista town, Compostela Valley.
Leaders and representatives of 3,000 Lumad and Moro groups from all over the country formed a national alliance called "Sandugo: Kilusan ng Moro at Katutubong Mamamayan para sa Sariling Pagpapasya" (Alliance of Moro and Indigenous Peoples for Self Determination) at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman last Saturday.
Philippine movie actor Robin Padilla said it is high time that both Lumad and Moro people should rule over their ancestral land.
A New York-based human rights watchdog has expressed doubt that the "Presidential Task Force on Violations of the Right to Life, Liberty and Security of the Members of the Media” of the Duterte administration to probe media slays in the Philippines would carry out an impartial probe into the cases.