Teachers appeal for peace in Zamboanga

ALARMED by the on-going armed confrontation and unfolding humanitarian crisis in the rebel-besieged Zamboanga City, the teachers’ group Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) on Friday asked the government and the Moro forces to end the violence in the southern part of the Philippines as thousands of families flee their homes.

“Innocent civilians, especially helpless children suffer most in every armed conflict,” said Benjo Basas, the group’s national chairman, adding that more civilians have been scampering for their lives.