By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are at it again. According to the Katribu Indigenous Peoples’ Partylist, the AFP is directly behind a criminalization and vilification campaign against its national vice-president and second nominee Genasque Enriquez. The AFP, Katribu said, has filed charges of murder and…
Day: September 4, 2012
Anti-mining tribe leader in Zamboanga ambushed, 11-year old son killed
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
At present, the ancestral domain of the Subanen’s in Bayog has eight mining permit applications, three approved Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSA), one approved Exploration Permit and numerous illegal small-scale mining operations.
MMDA workers fight for incentive, hit planned ‘realignment’ of savings
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The MMDA has millions of deposits in various banks, composed of ‘savings’ it kept a secret, and which, by law, should have funded the employees’ benefits and incentives.