Author: MEDEL V. HERNANI

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RISING FOR THE LUMAD. Actress and One Billion Rising Global Director Monique Wilson along with activist-performer Mae "Juana Change" Paner lead the dance during a local event for the global campaign to end violence against women and children on Thursday, Februart 13, at Brokenshire Resource Center in Davao City. Wilson and Paner expressed their solidarity to the Lumads displaced by militarization in Mindanao. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

RISING FOR THE LUMAD

Actress and One Billion Rising Global Director Monique Wilson along with activist-performer Mae "Juana Change" Paner lead the dance during a local event for the global campaign to end violence against women and children on Thursday, February 13, at Brokenshire Resource Center in Davao City. Wilson and Paner expressed their solidarity to the Lumads displaced by militarization in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHERE TO STAY
THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHERE TO STAY. In a press conference last January 28, tribal leaders from Talaingod and Kapalong, Davao del Norte spoke in behalf of the hundreds more staying in the UCCP Haran Center in Davao City that they have chosen to stay amidst the clear and present threats to their lives by the presence of the members of the military and paramilitary which their local governments failed to address for almost three years. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHERE TO STAY

In a press conference last January 28, tribal leaders from Talaingod and Kapalong, Davao del Norte spoke in behalf of the hundreds more staying in the UCCP Haran Center in Davao City that they have chosen to stay amidst the clear and present threats to their lives by the presence of the members of the military and paramilitary which their local governments failed to address for years. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

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PEOPLE'S SONA VS ERAP. These students in a rally on the State of the Nation Address of former President Joseph 'Erap' Estrada held newspapers with altered headlines bearing their calls for truth and justice to be revealed in the president's SONA. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

PEOPLE’S SONA VS ERAP

These students in a rally on the State of the Nation Address of former President Joseph 'Erap' Estrada held newspapers with altered headlines bearing their calls for truth and justice to be revealed in the president's SONA. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

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NOT MUTED. Media organizations, campus journalists, academe, human rights advocates, and other sectoral groups in Davao City unite on becoming a collective voice to defend and uphold press freedom and right to freedom of expression following the successful press freedom forum at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The event organized by Davao Today and Atenews, ADDU official school publication, was held a day after the global observance of International Human Rights Day. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

NOT MUTED

Media organizations, campus journalists, academe, human rights advocates, and other sectoral groups in Davao City unite on becoming a collective voice to defend and uphold press freedom and right to freedom of expression following the successful press freedom forum at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) on Wednesday, Dec. 11. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

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LEAN. Lean Alejandro, a well-known activist during martial law years, served as one of the speakers in a protest rally in Davao City. Alejandro was the former Bagong Alyansang Makabayan national secretary general when he was ambushed near the Bayan headquarters in Cubao, Quezon City during Cory Aquino's administration. He was 27 years old. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

LEAN

Lean Alejandro, a well-known activist during martial law years, served as one of the speakers in a protest rally in Davao City. Alejandro was the former Bagong Alyansang Makabayan national secretary general when he was ambushed near the Bayan headquarters in Cubao, Quezon City during Cory Aquino's administration. He was 27 years old.

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