ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/22 January) — A barangay chairman who is said to be vocal against the illegal small-scale mining activities in his village was reported to be in critical condition after he was shot early Friday. City police director Senior
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 December) –The widow of a slain anti-mining activist said that if the government could not go after her husband’s killers, she would consider stopping the Tampakan gold-copper mining project enough justice for her husband. ”If the mining
MANILA (MindaNews/26 November)—Failure to resolve the Ampatuan Massacre and deliver justice to the victims will worsen the culture of impunity that has come to characterize the killings of journalists in the country, a press freedom advocate yesterday told participants to
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/2 Sept) — A series of killings, threats and harassments over the past months has alarmed indigenous people and civilian communities in this town. A report submitted to the regional office of the Commission on Human
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 August) – Police authorities here have recorded at least 65 gun-related killings, most of which reportedly involved suspected hired killers, during the last eight months. Supt. Maximo Layugan, deputy city police director, said their records showed
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 August) — Police authorities have launched a deeper investigation into the killing of a top official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here early Sunday. Senior Supt. Cedrick Train, acting city police director,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 August) – Police officials here dismissed the possibility that an alleged death squad could be behind the spate of killings in the city in the past several months. Senior Supt. Cedric Train, acting city police director,
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) — Gunmen shot and killed a provincial prosecutor while he was talking to an associate during a routine jogging exercise in Iligan City this morning, police reports said. Senior Police Officer Alym Zalsos, of the Iligan
