Bukidnon farmer killed, groups blame army’s counter-insurgency drive
A farmer leader in Bukidnon was killed and his companion wounded in Valencia City, Bukidnon by unidentified assailantsWednesday morning.
REENACTING THE HORROR. Children of Barangay Mangayon, town of Compostela, Compostela Valley dramatize how they were harassed and forced by government soldiers to act as guides in their counter-insurgency operations . This was part of the Save Our Schools: Children's Camp launched by child advocates in Panansalan, Compostela last October 29 to call for the protection of children's rights in the observance of Children's Month. (file photo)
Army presence halted Lumad school classes
A children’s advocacy group said classes were disrupted as school children were “too afraid to go to school” after military troops “encamped” in their classrooms in a farflung village in Compostela, Compostela Valley province.
LES MISÉRABLES. Sheena Duazo, spokesperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao, says the incessant increase in the prices of basic goods and services, burgeoning taxes, wage freeze, foreign plunder and human right abuses, among others under the Aquino government have made the lives of ordinary Filipinos more miserable. Militants held a rally along Davao City’s San Pedro Street, February 6. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Bayan spokesperson bares threat
The spokesperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) took to the media to make public the threats she has been receiving from a man claiming to be a “government national security consultant” of an organization working for the government.
NPA, human rights group claim Comval tribal leader killed by AFP troops
Karapatan’s secretary general Hanimay Suazo said Pedro Tinga, a 57-year old tribal leader in Barangay Malamodao, was killed in an operation by the Philippine Army’s Alpha Company of the 71st Battalion last Friday.
Fathers of NPA captives seek help of Third Party Facilitator, Duterte for the release of their sons
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Bishop Modesto Villasanta, spokesperson for the Sowing the Seeds of Peace, said they are always ready to facilitate such request. His group already facilitated a number of releases of NPA captives in the different far-flung areas in the region. They acted upon the request of the families, local government units and church denominations, among others.