Posts by tag: Agusanon Manobos

11 years ago

GRIEF OVER BROTHER, LUMAD DEFENDER

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Sister of Benjie Planos, slain leader of the Agusan Manobo group, wails and clings to his body during his burial on Tuesday. Planos’ murder comes weeks after the Manobos returned to their community after an agreement to stop militarization in their community in Loreto, Agusan del Sur. The Manobos pin his murder on paramilitary and soldiers. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

11 years ago

Leader of Agusanon Manobos killed, hacked in front of children

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Leader of Agusanon Manobos killed, hacked in front of children

Benjie Planos, a Bisaya settler living among the Manobos, and other leaders of KASAKA had been receiving death threats from the Philippine Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion and the paramilitary group Bagani. the militarization, KASAKA leaders said, is linked with the entry of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd, which is eyeing KASAKA’s ancestral domain.

11 years ago

‘PABAON’ FOR THE MANOBOS

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The Manobos will return to Loreto, Agusan del Sur carrying seedlings and farm tools from Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who helped facilitate a dialogue with their Mayor Dario Otaza to guarantee the pullout of troops and their safe return. The Lumads received seedlings of corn, mango, peanuts, mangosteen and Cacao, and farm tools. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

11 years ago

GOODBYE, HELLO

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Manobo youths wave to support groups who helped them during their 18-day stay in Bankerohan Gym, as the Manobos finally returned home Saturday morning to Loreto, Agusan del Sur when they clinched an agreement with their mayor to pull out troops in their villages and to provide them with seedlings and farm tools. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

11 years ago

HAPPIER DAYS AHEAD

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These Manobo children enjoy a moment in Bankerohan Gym, happy that they will be going home to Loreto, Agusan del Sur and at the same time happy that they were treated by concerned citizens to the beach in Toril. Their families are guaranteed safety to return home after an agreement brokered by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte with Loreto Mayor Dario Otaza assured the pullout of troops and cease of military operations. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

11 years ago

LOOKING FORWARD

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This elderly Manobo couple look serious even with the good news that they will finally return home to Loreto, Agusan del Sur after an agreement was signed with Mayor Dario Otaza to pull out the troops from their village and rehabilitate their farms. Some 500 Manobos stayed in Bankerohan Gym for 18 days since August 7 in protest of military operations in their village. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

11 years ago

HAPPINESS

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This cultural activist is all smiles as she sings for the Manobo evacuees in a solidarity activity Friday at the evacuation gym in Bankerohan Gym. Some 500 Manobos will finally return to their villages in Loreto, Agusan del Sur after their mayor Dario Otaza signed an agreement to stop military operations and help rehabilitations of their farms. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

11 years ago

PEACEFUL ONLY IN SLEEP

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This Agusanon Manobo family sleeps off their exhaustion in Bankeohan Gym after riding eight hours to Davao City to seek refuge. Some 500 Manobos fled their village in Loreto, Agusan del Sur from military troops 24, and were not welcomed by their governor when they sought his help. (davaotoday.com photo by MEDEL V. HERNANI)

11 years ago

Agusanon Manobo evacuees now in Davao City

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Agusanon Manobo evacuees now in Davao City

“Unsaon namo pag-uli nga naa pa may gyera didto sa amoa?(How are we going home when there’s still a war going on there?)” said Jocely Andaliki “At least diri, safety among paminaw, di pareha didto sa amoa nga giabog mi mismo sa among gobernor, (Here, we feel safe, not like there where our governor drove us out).”

11 years ago

A CHILD’S PLEA TO AFP

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An Agusan Manobo child lets the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Eastern Mindanao Command in Panacan, Davao City know that military operations have affected the schooling of children in five barangays in Loreto, Agusan del Sur since the end of July. Around 1,000 Manobos including 300 children fled their villages for fear of hearing successive gunfire. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)