AFP soldiers abduct 4-year old boy
Four-year old MJ was forcibly abducted by armed elements of the 203rd Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on 12 May in Rizal town, Occidental Mindoro. About 10 soldiers broke into the home of the Fernandez family, guardians of MJ, at around 7:00pm, aimed their guns at family members and forcibly grabbed the boy. The soldiers overpowered the Fernandez family and hastily drove away, almost running over the guardians.
NDFP forces denounce intensifying attacks against Dumagats
Macario Liwanag, Rizal province spokesperson of the New People’s Army, reported how local police forces and the 80th Infantry Battalion – Armed Forces of the Philippines summoned 30 indigenous Dumagats on 29 April to Antipolo City to supposedly receive financial aid from the Duterte government. The Dumagats, however, were promptly arrested and charged with ‘association’ with the revolutionary movement in Rizal province.
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Four years after Marawi War, hundreds of thousands still homeless
The people of Marawi, four years after the Duterte terrorist war and bombing in May 2017, still suffer with more than 320,000 people remaining homeless. They remain in evacuation centers without the basic needs for health and protection against Covid-19.
Read more: Four years after Marawi War, hundreds of thousands still homeless
Canadian Parliament holds briefing on Philippines rights situation
State terror intensifies: Town administrator killed, political detainee succumbs to Covid-19
Duterte ‘terrorist list’ condemned
Philippines COVID-19 cases and variants spread uncontrolled
Community pantries for the poor spread like wildfire
Military officials withdrawing support tagged ‘fake news’
EU hits China for endangering peace in South China Sea