Paghida-et sa Kauswagan Development Group, Inc. (PDG), a non-governmental organization supporting farmers in Souther Negros, has condemned the surveillance of its Kabankalan office by two armed men on a motorcycle on the morning of January 17, 2025, calling the incident a “direct threat” to the...
(First of two parts) By RJ Ledesma/Paghimutad Local officials claim the palm oil operation is a “blessing”. But the indigenous peoples and farmers cry foul over the company’s deceptive tactics that they claim robs them of land and life. In this two-part story,...
Paghimutad Negros, an alternative media outlet based in the Negros Island Region, drew attention to the ongoing attacks against community journalists in a meeting with Irene Khan, the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, last...
Southern Negros residents allege threats and coercion by the military and NTF-ELCAC, citing false NPA ties and pressure to disassociate from PDG, sparking concerns for their livelihoods and rights.
The families of the three enforced disappeared persons have already filed a report with the police as they have not received any communication or information about their whereabouts since then.
Human rights group Karapatan-Negros condemned the killing of farmer Jose Gonzales who was earlier reported as missing.
The report asserts the three victims were not elements of the NPA. Christina Sandot Jacolbe was a daycare teacher in Sitio Natuling in Barangay Budlasan.
Five years ago today, at 8:30pm, suspected state agents shot dead peasant leader Alexander Ceballos near his house in Purok Tangke, Brgy. Pandanon Silos, Murcia, Negros Occidental.
Commemorating a year of struggle against privatization, Baciwa Employees Union – NAFLU and Amlig Tubig Coalition trooped in front of the Baciwa district office earlier today, January 4, to hold a mass and an indignation rally.
On May 10, 1933 in Nazi Germany, students and stormtroopers burned close to 35,000 books deemed “Un-German” on the Opera square in Berlin. After all the books have been tossed into the bonfire, German Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels...
A fact-finding mission in Southern Negros documented a killing, multiple cases of harassment and assault toward farmers in indigenous communities allegedly perpetuated by soldiers.
Guihulngan City – Human rights group HUSTISYA Guihilngan refutes the AFP’s claim of an encounter with the New People's Army (NPA) on August 14 that killed a civilian in Guihulngan City. In a statement, the group said that there was no encounter, and that the 62nd...