Village leader, daughter insist slain farmer is not an NPA
“He is a leader of the tribal council, an active member of the community church, active in the community, that could prove his innocence,” he told Davao Today on Wednesday.
Hundreds flee Agusan village due to intensified military ops
by John Rizle Saligumba Davao Today Initial reports from Karapatan Southern Mindanao showed that Agusanon residents fled on Sunday from Barangays Kauswagan, Sabud, Mansanitas and San Mariano. The residents along with 224 children evacuated to Barangay Kauswagan Elementary School.
Ludenio Monzon?s Killing: A Chronicle of a Death Foretold?
Human rights advocates wanted authorities to look beyond the fact that Monzon was killed by ski-mask wearing men on motorcycle. ?They (investigating authorities) should look into the fact that Monzon was once vilified by the military,? said Erlin Balinton, a volunteer of human rights group Karapatan who documented the circumstances of Monzon?s death. ?He had a case filed with the Commission on Human Rights in October last year about how the military harassed him. They should look into his activities when he was still alive, if only to establish who could possibly have the motive to take his life.? Balinton said that Karapatan has yet to find out about what police actions were being done in Boston. Read on.
Vigilantes Top
By Media Mindanao News Service (August 15, 1987 News Digest Volume 1, August 1987-July 1988) DAVAO CITY (MMNS) - Nearly 50 percent of human rights violation incidents in Mindanao where…
Ten Years of the Visiting Forces Agreement: An Assessment
By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy (PSPA) Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) May 29, 2009 The presence of heavily armed U.S. soldiers even in the remote areas…