Davao City’s hosting of one of the world’s grueling multi-sports event on Sunday should prove once again that the Philippine South is not all guns and terror.
FOR MYLES
Davao youth activists call for the immediate release of Myles Albasin, the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu alumna who was arrested along with five others in Negros Oriental on March 3. The group organized a cultural event on Friday, March 23, in a restaurant in Sandawa Plaza, Ecoland, Davao City to celebrate Albasin’s birthday, who just turned 21 in detention last March 21. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)4
IN PHOTOS: Urban poor, progressive groups protest Duterte’s anti-poor policies
One week before Filipino Catholics observe the Lenten season, progressive groups staged a ‘Kalbaryo ng Mamamayan’ protest. Derived from the passion of Christ, the protest depicts how Filipinos suffer under government policies such as Oplan Tokhang, TRAIN, contractualization, and state-sanctioned human rights abuses.
Photos by Karen Serada, Denise Roi Alicaya, Christian Jay Maac, Joan Patricia Melu, Shane David and Kate Rica Simple
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48-hour water supply up in some Davao areas
Residents in some areas here should prepare for a 12-hour to 48-hour water supply interruptions as the Davao City Water District (DCWD) conducts a cleaning operation of the Talomo sump 2.
IRONMAN 70.3 DAVAO MEDAL
Davao artist Kublai Milan presents the medal he designed for the Ironman 70.3 Davao triathlon race in a press conference on Friday, March 23, 2018 at the Azuela Cove. The medal is a miniature version of the Agong, an indigenous percussion instrument usually made of bronze or brass. (More….) (Mark Joy G. Basallajes/davaotoday.com)
NDFP slams AFP for parading hoax NPA surrenderees
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said 99% of the so-called “NPA surrenderees” were not actually NPA fighters but were victims of the series of red tagging and psywar activities launched by the AFP-PNP.
Rights groups in Hong Kong, Belgium stage protests vs Duterte’s fake terror list
In a show of solidarity with
Filipino activists against the Duterte government’s attacks and political
persecution of human rights defenders, human rights and people’s organizations
in Hong Kong and Belgium staged symbolic actions to condemn Duterte’s fake
terror list. “These acts of solidarity remind us that Filipinos and even
foreigners in different parts of the world will stand together during these
repressive and challenging times. It reminds us that the cause of people’s
rights and protection for those who courageously advocate for it is of global
importance,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay.
(Photo: Various groups and individuals gather in Brussels, Belgium to protest the PH government’s fake “terror list” and call for an end to the criminalization of activists and rights defenders)
(Photo: Human rights groups gather at the PH General Consulate in Hong Kong to protest the PH government’s fake “terror list” , calls for an end to the criminalization of activists and rights defenders)
Duterte regime uses its all-purpose paramilitary pawns in fake terror list – Karapatan
In the proscription petition filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on February 21, 2018, names of at least eight (8) known paramilitary members have been included. Among those in the list are Aldy Salusad, Dumanggol Salusad, Reyboy Salusad, Benjamin Salusad, Julieto Tapanan, Ronal Cabantao, Abing Gawilan, and Joas Licawan. Many are members of the New Indigenous People’s Army for Reform (NIPAR) and the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU).