Today’s View : CHR For Whom?

My friend Lito rasps: “Ngano man kahang gi-initan man gyud sa CHR ang atong Mayor, no? Imbestigahan daw tungod sa iyang pamahayag nga patyon ang dakong taeng smuggler sa bugas kun moanhi sa Davao!” [Why should our Mayor be the object of reproof by the CHR on account of his statement that he would kill the Number One rice smuggler if he comes to Davao?”]

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Read more about the article BREAKING NEWS: Pablo survivor shot dead in Maco Comval
TO THE APEX GATE. Hundreds of members of Indug Kautawan-Masalines -- an indigenous people’s group of typhoon Pablo victims in Masara village, Maco town, Compostela Valley -- storm the Apex Mining Company Monday as they blamed the large-scale mining company for the devastation against their homes and livelihood during the December calamity. They demanded PHP 6.9 Million payment for the damages and opposed the expansion of the company towards open-pit. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

BREAKING NEWS: Pablo survivor shot dead in Maco Comval

By Davao Today DAVAO CITY – Unidentified gunmen shot dead an officer of a Typhoon Pablo survivors group, known for its strong human rights and environmental advocacy. The human rights…

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MILITARY SLAMMED FOR DISPLACEMENTS

Activists picketed the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police Joint Peace & Security Coordinating Council at the Waterfront Hotel in Lanang, saying the AFP’s military operations resulted to ‘un-peace’ with the displacement of indigenous peoples in Compostela, and the killing of lumad supporter Benjie Planos (in poster) in Loreto, Agusan del Sur. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

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