Senatorial bet and labor leader Elmer Labog from the Makabayan Coalition met with banana plantation workers in Compostela to discuss their plight.
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The National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Southern Mindanao (NDFP) demanded that the military surface peace consultant Ezequiel “ Ka Rey” Cortes Daguman, 50, who has remained missing since March 7.
In Southern Mindanao, the human rights group Karapatan recorded 56 deaths of human rights defenders from the start of the Duterte administration from July 2016 to August 2021. The region also tallied 30 political detainees in the same period.
Condemnation and grief poured after the death of another human rights lawyer, Juan Macababad, who was killed by unidentified assailants outside his home in Surallah, South Cotabato, on September 14 Wednesday afternoon.
Duterte rode to the presidency on a sentiment of championing Mindanao, where his hometown Davao City is located, an island that saw what he calls “historical injustice” of underdevelopment and armed conflict.
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Leaders of progressive groups filed complaints to the police and to the Commission on Human Rights over the spread of posters tagging them as “terrorist recruiters.”
A union of banana plantation workers in Davao de Oro province expressed alarm over they were red-tagged by a vice mayor and military in a news report.
The labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) complained they were harassed by the Davao City Police during their picket in the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday.
Under the scorching heat of the sun, workers from various unions and progressive organizations marched in the streets of Davao City signifying dismay over the failed promises to end contractualization in the country.