COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/24 Sept) — Before anything else, I’d like to say to our Muslim brothers and sisters, “Eid Mubarak!” It’s a non-working holiday here in the ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) today (September 24 because today is the
Statement of the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG) on the Legislation of the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (H.B. 5811 and S.B. 2894) The Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG), an independent public policy center devoted to
Press Statement 24 September 2015 FORTY-THREE years since the imposition of the Marcos martial law in the Philippines, and two years after President Noynoy Aquino signed RA 10368 into law, the victims of human rights violations have yet to hear
PRESS RELEASE Human Rights Watch (Manila, September 24, 2015) – The Philippine military has repeatedly stood aside while paramilitary forces have attacked indigenous villages and schools in the southern region of Mindanao, Human Rights Watch said today. These forces have committed killings,
STATEMENT We have long been alarmed at the situation of the Lumad – the indigenous peoples in Mindanao. The past years have seen a rise in attacks against Lumad communities and killings of their leaders, reportedly by military and paramilitary
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 Sept) – A partylist representative on Thursday called for total pullout of military troops and disbandment of the paramilitary group “Alamara” who the lumads claimed have perpetrated several human rights violations in their communities, forcing them to
Indigenous people appear before Commission on Human Rights’ public inquiry on the human rights situation of lumads in Mindanao at a hotel in Davao City on Thursday (24 September 2015). MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano | Read story
Muslims gather at the Cotabato City Central Pilot School during the morning of Edl Adha, the feast of sacrifice, on Thursday (24 Sept 2015) for a congregational prayer. MindaNews photo by Ferdinandh Cabrera
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 24 Sept) – The head of the Commission on Election (COMELEC) in Surigao del Sur has expressed concerns that the displacement of indigenous people and communities in the province may cause problem in next
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 24 Sept) – Tomorrow never ends. So it seems do deadlines. The Congress has set December 16 as the new deadline for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (The Philippine Star, September 24, 2015:
MAMASAPANO, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 24 Sept) – Municipal Mayor Benzar Ampatuan expressed concerns over the safety of innocent civilians in his town tagged by a government panel probing the January 25 Mamasapano carnage as among those responsible for the killing of 44
SOUTH UPI, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 24 Sept) – It’s not just the young ladies anymore who can compete in beauty pageants. In this municipality, pregnant women climbed up the stage to show their beauty in the first “Reyna ng mga
A security guard mans the entrance of Holiday Oceanview and only allows entry for company employees and construction workers after three of their guests were abducted on Monday evening in Island Garden City of Samal in this photo taken on
ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL (MindaNews/24 Sept) — The joint military and police forces have not established the identity of the group that abducted three foreigners and a Filipina at Holiday Oceanview Samal Resort here nearly midnight Monday. In a
