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Read more about the article DSWD still awaiting Duterte’s order for Lumad evacuees’ return
'LUMADS ARE VERY SELF-SUFFICIENT'. Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo says the Lumad evacuees have not asked for livelihood from them but for the end to militarization of their communities. Taguiwalo described the Lumads as "very self-sufficient" during her second visit to the evacuees at the United Church of Christ of the Philippines Haran compound in Father Selga Street, Davao City on Friday, July 22. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

DSWD still awaiting Duterte’s order for Lumad evacuees’ return

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said that the agency is ready to assist Lumad evacuees who are occupying an area inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran, pending an order from President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Read more about the article Global assembly of rights activists opens in Davao
Around 200 delegates from different countries join the 2nd General Assembly of the International Coalition for People's Rights in the Philippines which open?ed on Thursday, July 21 at the Brokenshire Convention Center in Madapo Hills, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Global assembly of rights activists opens in Davao

After a four-day tour to different communities in Mindanao, an estimated 200 human rights activists from different countries opened the 2nd General Assembly of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines at the Brokenshire Convention Center on Thursday, July 21.

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Read more about the article HELPING HANDS
FARMERS FOR A DAY. Delegates to the International Solidarity Mission experience the daily routine of students at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated (MISFI) school in Kisante, Makilala in North Cotabato. The participants of the humanitarian mission clean the school's farm during the first day of their community visit on Sunday, July 17. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

HELPING HANDS

Delegates to the International Solidarity Mission experience the daily routine of students at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated (MISFI) school in Kisante, Makilala in North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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