#killings: Another day,another bloodbath 💔 #drugwar:police generals covered up 'massive' drug haul 👮🏽♀️ military says "neutralized" 137 insurgents 🔫 #politicalviolence worsens 🇺🇸 EDCA
Philippines: Human Rights News 04/11/2023
KILLINGS / ATTEMPTED KILLINGS*
2 men gunned down in Manila | Philstar.com https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/04/11/2257896/2-men-gunned-down-manila
Farmer gunned down in Moises Padilla - Daily Guardian https://www.dailyguardian.com.ph/farmer-gunned-down-in-moises-padilla/
2 senior citizens found dead in bushy area in Bohol - SUNSTAR https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1958225/cebu/local-news/2-senior-citizens-found-dead-in-bushy-area-in-bohol
Man killed while walking in Sambag 2 in wee hours of Sunday morning - SUNSTAR https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1958144/cebu/local-news/man-killed-while-walking-in-sambag-2-in-wee-hours-of-sunday-morning
Jeepney driver shot dead in Batangas | Balitambayan https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/promdi/866498/pumapasadang-jeepney-driver-binaril-habang-katabi-ang-buntis-na-live-in-partner-sa-batangas/story/
Drunk man shot dead in Caloocan | Balitambayan https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/balita/866446/lalaking-nakainom-at-nakatulog-sa-labas-ng-compound-patay-sa-pamamaril-sa-caloocan/story/
Quezon City man shot after being followed | Balitambayan https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/balita/866444/lalaki-inabangan-at-binuntutan-bago-barilin-sa-qc/story/
1 wounded in gun attack - SUNSTAR https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1958229/zamboanga/local-news/1-wounded-in-gun-attack
“DRUG WAR” / POLICE CORRUPTION
Police generals covered up cop's arrest in massive shabu bust – Abalos https://www.rappler.com/nation/police-generals-allegedly-covered-up-rodolfo-mayo-arrest-shabu-bust-napolcom/
Two police generals, other officers asked to go on leave over shabu haul in October | GMA News Online https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/866500/two-police-generals-other-officers-asked-to-go-on-leave-over-shabu-haul-in-october/story/
10 ranking cops told: Go on leave over P6.7 billion shabu | Philstar.com https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/04/11/2257998/10-ranking-cops-told-go-leave-over-p67-billion-shabu
POLITICS / POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Sixth village chief slain as barangay, SK elections near | Philstar.com https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/04/11/2257901/sixth-village-chief-slain-barangay-sk-elections-near
Gunmen kill 3 village officials, hurt another in Mindanao gun attacks https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/deaths-injuries-gun-attacks-april-8-9-2023/
Task force set to file more raps vs. brains in Degamo murder - Manila Standard https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314320586/task-force-set-to-file-more-raps-vs-brains-in-degamo-murder.html
DOJ reveals 2 earlier assassination attempts on Degamo | ABS-CBN News https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/10/23/doj-reveals-2-earlier-assassination-attempts-on-degamo
COMMUNIST INSURGENCY / DISPLACEMENT
250 families displaced as military threatens to bomb Rizal community - Bulatlat https://www.bulatlat.com/2023/04/10/250-families-displaced-as-military-threatens-to-bomb-rizal-community/
137 terrorists ‘neutralized’ from January to March 2023: AFP - Mindanao Times https://mindanaotimes.com.ph/2023/04/10/137-terrorists-neutralized-from-january-to-march-2023-afp/
AFP: 137 Reds, local terrorists neutralized in Q1 | Philippine News Agency https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1199075
2 wanted NPA members nabbed in Masbate | Inquirer News https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1754652/2-wanted-npa-members-nabbed-in-masbate
REDTAGGING
Surigao Sur police chief denies issuing memo profiling lawyer | MindaNews https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2023/04/surigao-sur-police-chief-denies-issuing-memo-profiling-lawyer/
LAND RIGHTS
Farmers’ debt condonation bill up for PBBM’s signature | Philippine News Agency https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1199101
DAR distributes 1,730 e-titles to Bicol farmers | The Manila Times https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/04/11/news/regions/dar-distributes-1730-e-titles-to-bicol-farmers/1886543
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Women in General Santos support divorce bill https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1009948846634296
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
El Niño alternative plans afoot - Daily Tribune https://tribune.net.ph/2023/04/11/el-nino-alternative-plans-afoot/
EDUCATION
ACT suggests reducing classes to 185 days a year amid push for school calendar adjustment https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/10/classes-185-days-a-year.html
Bato sees approval of mandatory ROTC bill by yearend | ABS-CBN News https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/10/23/bato-sees-approval-of-mandatory-rotc-bill-by-yearend
No forcing foreign students to love PH, but they're not exempted from ROTC bill — Bato | Inquirer News https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1754508/no-forcing-foreign-students-to-love-ph-but-theyre-not-exempted-from-rotc-bill-bato
HEALTH
Davao Region among regions with highest number of new HIV/Aids cases in February - SUNSTAR https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1958073/davao/local-news/davao-region-among-regions-with-highest-number-of-new-hivaids-cases-in-february
New NCMH building for patients with criminal cases | Philstar.com https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/04/11/2257973/new-ncmh-building-patients-criminal-cases
LABOR / MIGRATION
At Home sa Abroad: After EU decision, what’s next for Filipino seafarers? https://www.rappler.com/nation/overseas-filipinos/at-home-sa-abroad-episode-after-european-union-decision-what-next-filipino-seafarers/
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Military should stop the EDCA propaganda - #PressOnePH https://pressone.ph/military-should-stop-the-edca-propaganda/
EDCA sites not for offensive actions – Marcos | Philstar.com https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/04/11/2258017/edca-sites-not-offensive-actions-marcos
Philippines, US to test ‘combat-ready’ force in biggest Balikatan exercise | GMA News Online https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/866463/philippine-us-to-test-combat-ready-force-in-biggest-balikatan-exercise/story/
No need to worry about EDCA sites if nobody attacks, Marcos tells China https://www.rappler.com/nation/marcos-jr-tells-china-no-need-worry-edca-sites-nobody-attacks/
US combat chopper lands in Batanes | Inquirer News https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1754650/us-combat-chopper-lands-in-batanes
Bongbong’s Make-or-Break Twin Challenges - Asia Sentinel https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/bongbong-marcos-twin-challenges
* Extrajudicial, summary, arbitrary, or questionable killings. This does not include killings that may have been drug-related; these are under the “drug war” category