Tagum City Police Chief Superintendent Laudemer Laude says they can assure the safety of the agrarian reform beneficiaries in the disputed land at San Isidro, Madaum, Tagum City for as long as they do not attempt to harvest their produce. On Monday morning, Dec. 12, banana plantation guards shot the protesting farmers, wounding six, two of which are currently in critical condition. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Some 600 farmers, students, employees, and faculty members under the Save CFCST Movement mounted a protest camp inside the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Tec
At least 600 farmers from five villages in Arakan town North Cotabato demanded the distribution of farmland reservation allocated for but unused by two tertiary-level schools in central Mindanao.
Some 125 Bangsamoro civil society organizations signed a unity board calling for the unity of the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, two Moro revolutionary organizations currently negotiating peace with the Philippine government during the three day Bangsamoro Multi-sectoral Leaders’ Summit on Unity and Solidarity held at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City from Dec. 6-8. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
An alliance of Bangsamoro civil society groups called for the unification of Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, two separate revolutionary groups negotiating peace with the Philippine government.
Fine Arts student Clye Laudato says he chose to draw the Lumad in his mural to create a sense of Davao. Laudato’s work along with some 60 others will be unveiled on Dec. 12 as part of the mural painting activity of the Inter Agency Council Against Trafficking in Davao Region. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Some 60 artists here began painting the walls outside the Southern Philippines Medical Center – Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine with images of what they described as the “ideal trafficking-free environment for children.”
A few months after returning to their communities from evacuation the Ata-Manobos who have returned to their communities in Talaingod, Davao Del Norte province are rebuilding their homes and way of life.
RESTING. A group of Manobo children sit on sacks of relief goods in Sitio Tibucag, Barangay Dagohoy in Talaingod, Davao del Norte on Wednesday, Nov. 30. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Lumad Manobo datus here have stayed resilient, 23 years later after their founding, with a dialogue Wednesday with no less than their usual nemesis: army soldiers who have vilified and accused them of rebels.
