MATI, Davao Oriental – As early as five in the morning, 10 young boys jump off from their bed everyday to do their daily chores — cooking, cleaning, lugging drinking water on their sun-burnt shoulders.

During harvest season, these boys also gather seasoned coconuts for copra. Continue reading »

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 April) – The Commission on Human Rights has taken up Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to prove there is a Davao Death Squad (DDS).

“We have been challenged by the mayor and we are taking the challenge. We will prove that there is DDS,” CHR chair Leila de Lima said during a break in Friday afternoon’s public inquiry on extralegal killings at the Waterfront Insular Hotel here. Continue reading »