Rad 2011
Tags: isabela
From the Back of a Bouncing Truck, a View of the Countryside
There had been reports of human-rights violations committed by soldiers on residents of some villages in Jones, one of Isabela’s towns. The mission’s objective was to document these violations, distribute relief goods and provide medical services to the residents of Dicamay village.
In Isabela, Soldiers Pretend to Be Guerrillas; in Davao, They Don’t Even Try
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
and CHERYLL FIEL
In Jones town, Isabela, residents complain that the soldiers would present themselves as New People’s Army guerrillas and try to extract information from them. In Toril, Davao, the military organized “peace and development teams,” whose functions apparently include wooing teenage girls in the community.
Photo of the Week: Dry Spell
Dry Spell