Both Ben and Rita started out in the student movement against the then Marcos dictatorship and never wavered in their commitment to work for the rural poor.
Ben and Rita: When development workers are illegally arrested and detained
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NGO alliance slams red-tagging, detention of devt workers
Two development workers arrested in Negros Occidental have been languishing in jail for over a month.
Central Luzon NGO decries harassment on dev’t staff
A humanitarian NGO had to cancel its relief operations after threats from soldiers in the community.