A week after a fire gutted a community in Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya, last August 3, about 200 affected families not only feel crammed in modular tents, but also feel options are narrow for their future.
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte wore a traditional attire of a Davao indigenous tribe during Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address.
Two days after Marcos Jr.’s SONA, Sandugo, an alliance of national minorities, with Cullamat as their spokesperson, said they are “open to all those who wish to borrow their clothing, but they should also recognize [the national minorities’] rights and struggles.”
Two Lumad (indigenous people) brothers were arrested by the Davao City police after attending a protest rally held at the Freedom Park along Roxas Boulevard Monday afternoon, July 25.
A volunteer Lumad teacher of the Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur was arrested on July 17 by the Philippine National Police in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur for allegedly participating in an ambush.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) XI reported that Mangacop sustained six gunshot wounds that have caused fatal injuries. One tore his heart’s right atrium, another damaged his liver, and another shot to the stomach and spleen. A shot also damaged his large intestines.
The family of 19-year old Amierkhan Mangacop, who was killed in a shooting incident in a bar last July 2, has spoken out on the Philippine National Police’s ‘wrong portrayal’ of Amierkhan and requested the National Bureau of Investigation to lead the probe on this case.
Media organizations and rights group expressed their support to Rappler after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered it to cease operations on June 28, two days before Pres. Rodrigo Duterte stepped down from office.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was sworn in Thursday of June 30 after clearing all disqualifications filed against him at the Comelec and Supreme Court, but survivors of his late father’s dictatorship will continue to question his presidency.
A day before Pres. Rodrigo Duterte relinquished his power as a president, another journalist was gunned down in broad daylight.
