Deputy Speaker Michael Romero on Wednesday proposed a pact between state security forces and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to prevent illegal operations against Lumad schools.
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Council (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday, May 26, failed to stop the House Committee on Human Rights from investigating the alleged illegal arrest of Lumad students and teachers during a supposed “rescue operations” in Cebu City last February.. At the in
Bohol Sea (Image from Google Maps)
In a recently published study, three new species of hermit crab namely: Catapagurus exilidigitus, Catapagurus fimbriatus, and Catapagurus latus were described and illustrated based on materials collected by the Panglao 2004 Marine Biodiversity Project from the Bohol Sea.
The official descriptions of the new species of hermit crabs were published in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology on May 17 by Tomoyuki Komai and Dwi Listyo Rahayu.
“The number of species of Catapagurus known from the Philippines increases to seven,” the researchers said.
In the study, experts described Catapagurus exilidigitus as appears to be closest to another species of hermit crab called C. tanimbarensis within the C. misakiensis species group.
Rappler correspondent barred from coverage
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17 May 2021, 18:13 GMT+10
CMFR?PHILIPPINES A Rappler reporter was initially barred from entering the premises of the Central Visayas police headquarters in Cebu City on May 14 to cover the release of one of the Lumad teachers arrested during a raid on their school in February.
Cebu City is 1,000 kilometers south of Manila.
Rappler reporter Lorraine Ecarma was covering the release of Chad Booc, one of the seven teachers and activists arrested in a resue operation of bakwits or internally displaced individuals, when she was stopped at the gate and prevented from entering the compound.
In a Rappler video, Ecarma said that other media outlets were allowed inside. When asked for an explanation, she was told that Rappler is a purveyor of fake news.