Talaingod PNP charges Castro, Ocampo, others with kidnapping
Davao del Norte police arrested ACT Teachers Party Representative France Castro, former Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo and 17 other human rights defenders who tried to rescue 74 victims of forced evacuation in Talaingod town and are being brought to Tagum City for inquest proceedings. In an alert, human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region said […]
Another humanitarian crisis breaks out in Davao del Norte
A humanitarian crisis again broke out in Talaingod, Davao del Norte as dozens of Lumad students, teachers and civilians fled from their community and trekked under the rain last night in fear of government soldiers and paramilitary who forcilby closed down their school. At least 79 individuals, including 29 students and 12 teachers fled Sitio […]
Groups denounce killing of Moro human rights defender
Human Rights group Karapatan and Kawagib Moro Human Rights Alliance held an indignation protest Tuesday, September 25, at the Timog Circle in Quezon City against the recent killing of a Moro human rights worker in Mindanao. Mariam Uy Acob, 43 years old and paralegal of Kawagib, was gunned down by suspected military agents last September […]
Duterte ouster more likely than CPP’s defeat, Sison says
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison laughed off President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that the revolutionary movement would be finished by the middle of next year. Sison said he thinks Duterte is taking too much of the anti-pain drug Fentanyl, leading him to have “pipe dreams.” “Duterte is delusional by claiming that […]
Sa Mga Batang Tausug
Ni Kislap Alitaptap Kanina Wala nang oras ang programa Ihabol ang mabuting balita Pantanggal umay sa balitang Baha, lunod, guho Ulan, hambalos, bugso Dumagundong ang tambol Ng pananagumpay ng Kaayusan laban sa karahasan Kanina Nabanggit kayo sa balita At sa pagmamadali Ng nagbabalita Nakalimutan niyang Kayo’y ipakilala Na kayo ay mga bata At […]
Families, human rights groups celebrate Palparan’s conviction
The families of missing University of the Philippines students as well as human rights groups celebrated when the Regional Trial Court in Malolos City, Bulacan found retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention Monday, September 17. Cheers erupted when those gathered outside the courthouse were informed of the verdict […]
Lanzones at Mangosteen (o sa pitong kabataang Tausug)
Ni Pia Montalban Nanlalagkit ang dagta, kahit anong tamis ng kabataang hinog at di huhulas ang lilang lamog mula sa mga nilagusan ng pulbura’t tingga. Pitong bungang pinitas, dagta’y pula ang tagas… Pitong kabataang mag-uuma yakap-yakap mga kahon ng bunga, ngayo’y ikakahon silang terorista— A-bu sa-yaff! Ngunit gumugulong sa kalsada ang nabitawang mga […]
NDF-Panay on Antique 7: ‘Proudest to acknowledge and claim them’
“We boast of them as among the best sons and daughters of our motherland.”–Concha Araneta THE National Democratic Front in Panay (NDF-Panay) acknowledged that the seven killed in San Jose, Antique Wednesday, August 15, were their own who were “veterans and responsible cadres of the [Communist Party of the Philippines] and the revolution.” In […]
Sagada peasants fear red-tagging by military
By Jeoffrey Mhar Larua SAGADA, Mountain Province – Peasants in the northern villages of Aguid, Pide, and Fidelisan here worry as elements of the 54th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army started listing individuals they allege to be members or supporters of the revolutionary New Peoples Army (NPA). A Barangay Pide councilor who asked not to be […]
Soldiers sow fear in Mountain Province village
By Kimberlie Ngabit-Quitasol BESAO, Mountain Province—Government soldiers occupying houses in Sitio Dandanac, Barangay Tamboan in Besao, Mountain Province are restricting the movement of village folk and causing fear among residents, a human rights fact-finding team said. A community elder who spoke to the team Thursday, August 9, said the soldiers started occupying several houses in […]