Attacks on Lumad schools continue
Attacks and harassments of indigenous people’s schools and communities have continued, the organization Save our Schools Network has reported.
Attacks and harassments of indigenous people’s schools and communities have continued, the organization Save our Schools Network has reported.
It’s no surprise that Congress decided to extend martial law in Mindanao given the supermajority held by the Duterte administration there, but only the naïve and their fanatically loyal followers would set aside the ramifications of President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision. Simply and bluntly put, the Congress approval will be used as precedent by this administration…
The super agency would further increase the cost of “socialized housing,” enrich real estate developers and, justify and speed up the eviction and demolition of informal settlers. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — The proposed revisions in the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the creation of a new housing agency spell double whammy for the…
PRESIDENT Duterte’s tirades against the Church are said to have bred the ongoing intimidation against people of faith. This has prompted various Christian denominations and groups to gather on January 25 in Manila to denounce what they call the incessant attacks and injustices perpetrated by the Duterte administration. Human rights advocates, families of political prisoners,…
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Rina (not her real name) in an interview with human rights group Karapatan. (Photo courtesy of Karapatan Southern Mindanao Region) By MARA S. GENOTIVA Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – “They were forced to hold a piece of paper which bore their names, age, and address, while soldiers took pictures of them and forced them…
Today, November 23, 2018, is the ninth year since a power-crazed madman and his armed minions, among them members of the police, halted a convoy on the national highway in Barangay Saqlman, Ampatuan town, Maguindanao and herded the passengers, along with those of two vehicles that just happened to pass by, to a hilltop in…