Read more about the article Davao Norte Court suspends arrests of 5 activists based in Northern Luzon charged of lumad murder
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Davao Norte Court suspends arrests of 5 activists based in Northern Luzon charged of lumad murder

A regional court in Tagum City, Davao del Norte province suspended the arrest orders for five activists from Northern Luzon accused by police in the killing of a Lumad in Southern Mindanao in 2018.

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Read more about the article COVID-19 Updates in Davao: cases in Davao on downtrend
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COVID-19 Updates in Davao: cases in Davao on downtrend

Local health authorities announced last week that the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases are on a downtrend in February, which prompted them to close some of the treatment facilities to lessen costs.

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UCCP Bishop to NTF-ELCAC: ‘No abuse and child trafficking at Haran shelter’

A group of Manobo evacuees seeking refuge inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran compound decried on the repeated accusations of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that ‘’bakwit schools’ train child warriors and earn profit from taking shelter in the cities to expose their plight in the communities they temporarily left behind.

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Read more about the article Lumad student to military, DepEd: Visit us and sit in our classes
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Lumad student to military, DepEd: Visit us and sit in our classes

A Lumad student in a Bakwit School in UP Diliman had this response to the recent pronouncement of the Philippine National Police Region 7 that their schools are “training grounds for child warriors."

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