An official of the Department of Labor and Employment in the region admitted that they have limitations in monitoring the strict implementation of the three-year old Kasambahay Law, which is meant to protect domestic helpers in the country.
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)'s new city jail warden lamented the congested state of Davao city jail.
Leaders of Compostela Farmers Association (CFA) trooped to the Commission on Human Rights Region XI office here on Monday morning to file their complaints against members of the Army who were "harassing" them.
More than a hundred student leaders and campus journalists from the seven campuses of the University of the Philippines in the country visited the evacuation camp of indigenous peoples’ inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Haran compound here.
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) said that out of nine journalists killed in the country last year, “at least three were killed in the line of duty”.