Hope seems bright for the 15 activists here who are facing kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges of Lumad evacuees after the accusers issued their affidavits of recantation and desistance.
An Army official bared that some tribal leaders are mulling to launch a “pangayaw” or tribal war for the death of Ata Manobo leader Ruben Labawan.
Residents scored the alleged abuses of a tribal chieftain in Caraga town, Davao Oriental province which have triggered military offensives and displaced at least 399 families.
A columnist for a local newspaper, whose son is among those charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention of tribal residents inside a church compound here, appealed to her colleagues in the press to help out in setting the records straight that those accused are not kidnappers.
Street parties and concerts in downtown area are banned during the Kadayawan festival next month.