Lumad leaders who sought refuge in a church compound here backed the 15 activists who were issued with arrest warrants for alleged kidnapping and illegal detention of the evacuees.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte welcomed members of militant organizations inside the Malacañan Palace, hours after his inauguration ceremony on Thursday, June 30.
If not for a reporter who showed him a copy of the warrant of arrest, a church leader who was among those accused of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of indigenous peoples evacuees here, would not know about his pending arrest by police authorities.
An estimate of 40,000 people marched from Magsaysay Park to Rizal Park in Davao City in support of the resumption of peace talks between the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Indigenous peoples groups in Mindanao marked the first year death anniversary of Leoncio Pitao or Ka Parago with a march rally in Davao City and called for the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)