Lumad Files

Salugpongan asks DepEd: Where is Esperon report?

Salugpongan asks DepEd: Where is Esperon report?

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Jul 16, 2019

The Salugpongan Community Learning Center is asking the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 11 to produce the report of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon that served as basis for the suspension of its 55 campuses in Talaingod, Davao del Norte.

Datu Guibang is Manobos’ beacon of struggle

Datu Guibang is Manobos’ beacon of struggle

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Jun 26, 2018

It was in 1994 when Datu Tungig Mansumuy-at started to witness how its leader Datu Guibang Apoga, showed his strength of character to lead the Ata-Manobo tribe in the hinterlands of Talaingod to fight back in defense of Pantaron Range, the tribe’s frontier homeland.

Tribal leader dismayed by delay in peace talks

Tribal leader dismayed by delay in peace talks

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Jun 21, 2018

A tribal leader has expressed his dismay over the resetting of the peace talks between the Duterte administration and the ​c​ommunist rebels saying the indigenous peoples (IPs) of Mindanao are the first victims of the ongoing armed conflict being waged by the guerrillas against the government.