February 12, 2021 The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will continue to investigate cases of youth recruitment within armed conflict areas, an apt way to commemorate International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers on Friday.CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann de Guia said the agency strongly condemns… Read More Groups […]
Are you just going to count the dead? August 18, 2020 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte chided human rights groups for opposing the revival of death penalty anew, saying they should switch careers if they were only good at counting the dead.In a public address from Davao City […]
by ROGER M. BALANZA Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte laughed off complaints against the purported Latigo Gang lashing with a whip or battering with a stick to drive them home, errant kids violating curfew hours, saying the minors were luckier. In my time, when I was younger, […]
AAA Extort Gang cartoon by rOgerb DAVAO City Councilor Nilo Abellera Jr. denied the existence of “AAA” group in the City Council whose members have been rumored to have received “thank you” money from a real estate developer amounting to P1.5 million. Councilor Nilo Abellera, City Council […]
Hundreds of government employees, students, religious groups, militant groups, non-government agency workers convened inDavao City on July 28 for an indignation rally against summary killings in Davao Region. Initiated by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), the rally was supported and attended by various representatives from different sectors […]
BY ROGER M. BALANZA Davao City vice mayor Rodrigo Duterte has skewered those meddling with his dirty fingers, saying he is protected by his constitutional right to press freedom and by his birth right. He said dirty fingers are freedom of expressions that nobody should stop him from […]
