Politics

Magpet tribal leaders decry military harassment

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Aug 16, 2012

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

“They insisted we are NPAs because we live in the mountains.  But I told them that we lumads don’t live in urban areas, rather in the hinterlands because it is where we get our source of living” — Datu Tinoy Noa

Lumad woes highlighted on World Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Aug 09, 2012

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

The Mindanao Lumad Alliance, Kalumaran, urges Aquino to “put an end to the killings, abuses, and military recruitment of Lumad paramilitaries in our communities that failed to bring peace and development” as it called to “stop this deception that mines, dams, and agribusiness will bring in development.”

Hundreds flee from NoCot village

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Aug 09, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

Data from the provincial Department of Social Welfare and Development reveals that 309 families or 1,108 individuals fled and are now seeking temporary refuge in the different evacuation sites in Batulawan village and in Poblacion Pikit.

Lumad family blames AFP’s 60th IB for ‘murdering’ CVO

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Aug 09, 2012

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

“Our tribal chieftain arrived and confirmed that Totong was killed because he was mistaken for an NPA guide. He said they believed him to be in the company of seven other men and was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun” – Manuel Mabinsi, victim’s brother

Residents defend land from real estate firm’s fencing

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Aug 09, 2012

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

Dagok blocked the backhoe operator’s view as she finds this the only way she could stop the machine from gnashing its teeth on the land — the land where they have lived and tilled for years; the land they call home in Bariquit Compound, Purok 13, Bugac in Maa village.

Lumads in NoCot blame military for economic displacement

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Aug 05, 2012

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

“Karon, bisan bugas maglisod nami palit, dili pud mi kapanguha og lagutmon sa bukid kay mahadlok mi nga masakpan sa mga sundalo (Now, we can hardly buy rice, we can’t even gather root crops for fear that soldiers might caught us)” — George, a lumad peasant in Magpet

Saving Mindanao rivers for the future generation

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Aug 02, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

Dubbed “Our River, Our Life,” (Orol) the campaign focuses on the two main river systems in Mindanao Island, the Agusan and the Rio Grande, which support and sustain the more than eight million inhabitants or a third of Mindanao population.

Not a ‘peaceful’ demolition for Davao’s urban poor

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Aug 01, 2012

By JOHN RIZLE L SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

“We couldn’t resist anymore. We were hoping that the city will help us and fight for us but we were proven wrong. Way before the demolition attempt last year though, the Mayor already told us that we lost the case and that we should self-demolish. She also never said she punched the sheriff to save us from being demolished, she was only there because she wanted the demolition to be peaceful.” — Marlene Compacino, a resident of Soliman