Human Rights

Growers and farmers of Japanese-owned banana plantation in Compostela Valley protested the piece rate system which reportedly cut workers and growers wages by more than half.

Thirteen civilians, including minors and members of a local indigenous people's organization, were reportedly arrested in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on Sunday and presented to media as captured rebels by the armed forces, a local indigenous peoples’ group said.

Two students from Libutan High School in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao recently appealed for peace on behalf of the Muslim youth, who they said are going through another difficult episode in their schooling.

A member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) shot dead a couple at noon Saturday in Sitio Patel, Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte in what police described as a “heated argument turned deadly.”

The widows and the wounded soldiers of the recent all-out offensives and law enforcement operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIFF) in Maguindanao appealed to the government to continue to on-going peace process and to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).