Groups that advance human rights and have been accused recently as fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) trooped the office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday, March 12, to file formal complaints on the “government-instigated” incidents of red-tagging campaigns against…
An evacuation center where indigenous people who sought refuge in the city stay is not a usual place where retired teachers spend their time.But for a 71-year-old retired teacher, teaching children who fled from their homes in Talaingod and Kapalong Davao del Norte, due to militarization of their communities, is where she finds fulfillment.
A herdsman tries to hold on to a cattle during the rodeo and horse show held at Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City recently. The rodeo is one of the core events of the city’s annual feast in honor of St. Augustine every Aug. 27-28. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Drought is again sweeping the farmlands in North Cotabato and devastating the lives of the same farmers who were once dispersed violently by those in power.
Photo by AlterMidya By DELIA D. AGUILAR and E. SAN JUAN, JR. Manipulating the mid-term May 13, 2019 elections, Philippine strong-man Rodrigo Duterte has finally seized full control of the State apparatus. He captured the last institution, the Senate, to guarantee absolute power (after removing an independent chief justice of the Supreme Court), with the…
By: Intern, January 30th, 2018 10:59 PM After having their houses destroyed by the recent fire in Barangay Pasil in Cebu City, at least 300 individuals including some fire victims or an estimated 60 to 70 households will be displaced by the planned river widening and development project of the Department of Public Works and…