Human Rights

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).

A homeowners association has asked a local government unit to investigate alleged defects in the housing units intended for victims of Typhoon Pablo (International Name: Bopha).

The total cost of the workers' union demand of salary increase and benefit is only five percent of the two year's worth of net profit of the air cargo delivery service provider Luzon Brokerage Corporation’s (LBC), a labor group said on Friday.

A new network of government and private organizations here has been created to monitor cases of abuse and violence against women and to give interventions to victims.