A leader of a small-scale miners group complained that Army troops have harassed him to keep him out of a public consultation on open-pit mining operations.
Open-pit mining consultation marred with reported harassment
Category: Regions
Military claims Paquibato ready for investments
By DAVAO TODAY DAVAO CITY – Three top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines will be in the city’s Paquibato District on June 12, Independence Day to declare the rural area “peaceful and development ready”. The declaration comes at a time when military and residents aired differing views on the district’s peace and…
Kalinga tribe rejects army encampment
By JUDE BAGGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Mabaca tribe in Balbalan town, Kalinga rejected the planned encampment of soldiers belonging to the 77th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in sitio Tanap, Mabaca village. According to the initial fact sheet prepared by the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA)-Kalinga, a platoon-size unit of the 77th IBPA…
‘We shall defend our land, we shall never surrender’
“Land is our life. Water springs from here and we live here.” These are the statements of several Datu of the indigenous group Manobo, led by Datu Guibang, who has become a local legend. They declared it to us journalists in the hinterlands of Talaingod, Davao del Norte on May 14 as they call on…
Blacksand mining still ravages Ilocos Sur
Defend Ilocos Against Mining Plunder (Defend Ilocos) criticized the national government for its incompetence in putting an end to magnetite mining in the region.
‘Unemployment is a problem government has to pull by the roots’ – job applicants
“No matter how much you trim the statistics of the unemployed, if you don’t grab the problem by its roots, it will still sprout.” — A college grad last year who hopes to find a job
‘Job fairs no panacea for joblessness’
“Even if I have already passed the board exam, it’s not an assurance that I could land a job immediately.” — A graduate of engineering
Police faces blank wall on Ifugao activist slay
“Why should they [police] put the burden of shedding light to the killing on the office mates and relatives of the victim? It is the police’s job to find evidence that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators.” — CHRA
Displaced Ata-Manobo children decry military harassment
Army spokesman Capt. Ernest Carolina claims residents were ‘tricked’ into believing promises of the NPAs.
Families pin soldiers on death, disappearance of miners in Comval
The families sought help from human rights group Karapatan after saying authorities failed to act on them.
Duterte, Bello to gov’t: honor JASIG
Duterte: The government should honor what we have committed to the people and to the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines).