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A Mindanao peace group reports killings, disappearances and torture of Marawi civilians by government troops since the its military offensives began in May.
Many protesters’ faces were set in a grim likeness, smiling-but-not-smiling, a kind of general resignation that this day, like so many others before it, might simply be another day of disappointment for all.
"We now face the US-Duterte regime, imperialist tool in oppressing the Filipino people."
“The mass movement wants Duterte to listen to them.”
“How can we say that martial law will ensure the safety of the people when we have these reports?”
“Our hope for change under Duterte is rapidly eroding.”
The first group of Lakbayanis who will join the SONA rally arrive in UP Diliman.
Cultural performances are most awaited in rallies as they voice out the people’s concerns through music.
“Today we weep for Mindanao, we weep for our country."
Emojis summed up the progressive group’s ratings on the administration’s response to basic people’s issues.
“After a year in Malacañang, will Duterte stand up to his claim (of being a leftist), or will he allow himself to become another imperialist puppet? Is he for the military generals and neoliberals or for the people?”
The top two security officials who are the administrator and implementor of martial law in Mindanao attended today's last day for oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
Inside Marawi you can easily defend, but outside of Marawi, I have not seen any evidence that there's actual rebellion in Dinagat island, Camiguin island, Misamis, Pagadian, Lanao, Dapitan, and all these places.
The inter-faith prayer rally will call for the lifting of martial law in Mindanao.
The GRP and the NDFP are still trying to save what appeared earlier in the day to be an imminent cancellation of the round, sources from both parties said.
With nearly all the negotiators, consultants, advisers and resource persons of both parties wearing traditional barong Tagalog and ternos, the ceremony regained some of the light-heartedness of the previous three rounds seemingly lost in the frantic informal discussions marking the first day of negotiations.
NDFP peace negotiator Benito Tiamzon said both panels have decided to hold the opening ceremony tomorrow at 10 o’clock in the morning (five o’clock in the afternoon, Philippine time)
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