By CHERYLL FIEL After one month and 13 days at the evacuation camp, the Manobo evacuees finally went home to Lianga on August 30. Aboard a convoy of 40 trucks to barangay Diatagon, the lumads left the grounds of the Diocese of Tandag that served as their evacuation camp. But barely a month after coming home, the soldiers are back again, recruiting them to the Task Force Gantangan, a paramilitary group to fight the government?s war against the insurgents.
By CHERYLL FIEL Twenty members of lumad support groups, including a Davao Today reporter, went inside Talaingod?s sitio Dulyan in barangay Palma Gil to verify reports that soldiers have been occupying some houses in the village, a violation of the International Humanitarian Law that bans soldiers from civilian areas.
Photos by Barry Ohaylan, Keith Bacongco, Karlos Manlupig and CJ Kuizon Kadayawan festival, which runs from August 17 to 23, has been celebrated by the people of Davao for 24…
By CJ KUIZON In one of their stories of long ago, the Mansaka, an indigenous tribe from the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley, once possessed a golden guitar, which they played when they sang their songs of longing, aspirations and victory.