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REENACTING THE HORROR. Children of Barangay Mangayon, town of Compostela, Compostela Valley dramatize how they were harassed and forced by government soldiers to act as guides in their counter-insurgency operations . This was part of the Save Our Schools: Children's Camp launched by child advocates in Panansalan, Compostela last October 29 to call for the protection of children's rights in the observance of Children's Month. (file photo)

Army presence halted Lumad school classes

A children’s advocacy group said classes were disrupted as school children were “too afraid to go to school” after military troops “encamped” in their classrooms in a farflung village in Compostela, Compostela Valley province.

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UP MINDANAO REHEARSES FOR OBR

Students and faculty of University of the Philippines Mindanao stage a rehearsal for the worldwide campaign of One Billion Rising Against Injustice set this February 14, where millions will staged dances in advocating an end to impunity and social injustice to women and children worldwide. (Earl O. Condeza/ davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article LANTERNS FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR
LANTERNS FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR Chinese lanterns adore the ceiling of SM Ecoland to welcome the Chinese New Year on January 31. The year 2014 signals the Year of the Wooden Horse according to Chinese astrology. (Medel V. Hernani/ davaotoday.com)

LANTERNS FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR

Chinese lanterns adore the ceiling of SM Ecoland to welcome the Chinese New Year on January 31. The year 2014 signals the Year of the Wooden Horse according to Chinese astrology. (Medel V. Hernani/ davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Angry banana grower fires gun at picketing workers
Namasufa union president Vicente Barrios shows the memorandum of agreement between Sumifru management, contract growers and union officials granting the return to work with back wages of 141 workers. (contributed photo)

Angry banana grower fires gun at picketing workers

A picket by banana workers in Compostela on Monday over unpaid back wages by a banana grower turned violent as the latter fired a warning shot and issued threats against them.

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