INQToday: Death toll in Davao de Oro landslide climbs to 68
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Death toll in Davao de Oro landslide climbs to 68
The death toll from the landslide that hit Maco, Davao de Oro climbs to 68.
VP Sara Duterte says relationship with Marcos remains ‘okay’
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday said that she and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “are okay,” despite the hostility between her family and the President.
“We have no problem with each other, President Bongbong Marcos and I are doing good, we are okay in terms of our relationship both personal and working,” Duterte told reporters in Malaysia where she is set to attend a Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Council program as its president.
‘Green’ coalition accuses SMNI, AFP of ‘Red-tagging’
A group of 37 environmental organizations filed a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday, accusing a military unit and a media network of Red-tagging them and endangering their lives.
The Environmental Defenders Congress (Envidefcon), a coalition of organizations working to protect the environment and human rights, said they were harassed by the Philippine Army’s 80th Infantry Battalion (80th IB) and Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), a broadcast company owned by Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
PUP students hurt in police dispersal
Students from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) who were holding a rally in front of the House of Representatives on Monday were reportedly hurt after they were dispersed by the Quezon City police.
A video taken by The Catalyst, the university’s official student publication, showed police officers pushing and hitting the protesters with their shields and batons.
