Meranaw women observe their 3pm As’r prayers on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, as they remain vigilant in defending their homes against a demolition threat in Barangay 26-C Salmonan in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Sr Pat Fox and her people
The Philippine government must have thought her subversive and wanted her punished. Last April 16, Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents arrested and detained Sr Patricia Fox of the congregation Notre Dame de Sion. The arrest may have stemmed from her recent participation in a human rights fact-finding mission in Mindanao that so-rankled the military. Australian […]
Family asks Army to surface missing NDFP consultant and husband
Families of missing National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant called on the military to surface Lora Manipis and New People’s Army (NPA) member Jerwel Domingo who were last seen in Kidapawan City, February this year.
Karapatan slams illegal arrest and detention of Australian missionary Sr. Patricia Fox
Karapatan decries the illegal arrest and detention of Sr. Patricia “Pat” Fox, NDS, a missionary of the international Roman Catholic congregation of women Sisters of Our Lady of Sion, from the Congregacion de Notre Dame de Sion (Congregation of Our Lady of Sion).
Sr. Pat, 71, is an Australian citizen who holds a missionary visa in the Philippines since the 1990’s and is conducting community service as part of her missionary work in the country. An advocate of genuine agrarian reform and human rights, Sr. Pat has joined activities of the Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) and Pagkakaisa para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo (PATRIA), including recent international fact finding and solidarity missions in Mindanao that probed the impact of the Duterte regime’s martial law and counterinsurgency program Oplan Kapayapaan on poor peasants in the island. Sr. Pat is also a consistent and untiring advocate of the rights of agricultural workers, including the farmworkers in Hacienda Luisita, that of indigenous peoples, including the Lumad, and the urban poor.
ComVal offers new destination for ‘Visit Davao Summer Fest’
Compostela Valley province is getting ready as the newest participant of the Visit Davao Summer Festival (VDSF) set on April 30 to June 15.
Pagbilao coal-fired power plant: Epekto sa mga mangingisda
Kilalang tourist destination ang white beaches ng Pagbilao, Quezon. Pero alam niyo ba na ang coal-fired power power plant na nag-o-operasyon dito ay may masamang epekto sa karagatan at kabuhayan ng mga mangingisda?
Panoorin ang dokumentaryong ito.
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Davide hits charter change as ‘war against the environment’
By Kalikasan PNE Calling the proposed charter change (cha-cha) a “war against the environment,” former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. said the constitutional amendments threaten a “catastrophic environmental crisis and grave intergenerational injustice.” In his keynote speech in a public forum on the ecological implications of cha-cha held at the Miriam College Environmental Studies Institute […]
Duterte regime’s double-talk on the peace process betrays sincerity to a just and lasting peace – Karapatan
“The Duterte regime harps on its desire for ‘peace’ while mouthing preconditions that violate previous agreements in the peace process and that will never resolve the root causes of the state of unpeace in the country. It has also relentlessly committed human rights violations on the ground, including the fake terror list which has endangered more than 600 individuals. Its propensity for double-talk is testament to its insincerity in pursuing just and lasting peace,” said Karapatan Deputy Secretary General Roneo Clamor on the recent statement of Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza on the peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.