Several kins of Filipino workers killed in a hotel fire in Iraq refused to sign documents sent by the victims’ employer as they doubt that by doing so would mean an unresolved closure.
In a gathering held here on Saturday, February 27, around 300 women from several parts of Mindanao converged to discuss and draft a pro-women’s agenda that will be presented to Davao’s tough-talking mayor.
The family of Datu Vicente S. Amboy, the vice- tribal chief of Barangay Sua-on in Kapalong town, who was gunned down by four unidentified gunmen is blaming the New People’s Army for the killing, a police official said.
The 14-year-old boy alleged as a child soldier was a small-scale child laborer, a child rights group said.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has told the local police to probe into the fire that broke out at an evacuation camp inside a church-owned property hours after Wednesday midnight, February 24.
Lumad leaders and rights advocates condemned what was widely believed to be a clear case of politically-motivated arson against human rights victims, ironically a day before the 30th year anniversary of the EDSA People Power on February 25.
DAVAO CITY — Hundreds of Lumads here woke up to a fire on Wednesday, February 24, gutting their temporary shelter…
A labor union won a seat as the sole negotiator for the rank and file workers at a Pantukan banana plantation owned by the Kuwait-based Sabel International Group.
Poverty remains to be the top reason why many parents “surrender” their children, an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said.
As part of his vow to end the slow grind of justice to the media killings in the country, the camp of presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte mulls over mounting courts exclusive for hearing cases related to killings of journalists.
