The Human Rights Watch on Saturday condemned the "tokhang"-style campaign against insurgency said to be employed in some areas in the country, saying such "is a recipe for more human rights disaster."
A member of communist New People's Army was killed and a high-powered firearm seized in a clash on Saturday morning in Camarines Sur, the military said.
The Akabayan Partylist on Friday dared the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives to denounce all the atrocities and abuses committed by the New People’s Army (NPA) over its “wanton use of violence” that caused the death of several Filipinos.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday slammed the Makabayan Bloc for urging the Absalon family to file a complaint before the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) for the death of FEU athlete Kieth in a landmine blast in Masbate last Sunday.
The Philippine National Police on Saturday honored policemen who were wounded and killed in action during a clash with suspected communist rebels in Occidental Mindoro on Friday.