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UCCP Bishop Modesto Villasanta (right) condemns the burning of their church dormitory and the evacuation camp that injured some Lumad evacuees and traumatized their student boarders and their staff last Wednesday, February 24.(Noveah May Simbajon/davaotoday.com)

UCCP bishop: fire attacks church ministry

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:February 26, 2016
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The Wednesday dawn fire which burned a dormitory building inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines-Haran compound here is a direct attack on Church ministry, its bishop here said.

Government tribal agency anti-Lumad – critics

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:February 26, 2016
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A regional alliance of tribal organizations has criticized the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) as anti-tribe, following a recent burning of a dormitory inside an evacuation center here ran by the religious.

A Lumad shows the torch that was used to burn the UCCP Haran evacuation shelter. (Photo by Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Duterte orders police to investigate Haran fire

Post author:MART D. SAMBALUD
Post published:February 25, 2016
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has told the local police to probe into the fire that broke out at an evacuation camp inside a church-owned property hours after Wednesday midnight, February 24.

The Lumads from Talaingod said they saw unidentified people burning their camps inside the UCCP Haran compound at 2:00 in the morning on Wednesday, February 24. (Photo by Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Just like Martial Law pre-EDSA? Burning of Lumad evacuation shelter, student dormitory condemned

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:February 24, 2016
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Lumad leaders and rights advocates condemned what was widely believed to be a clear case of politically-motivated arson against human rights victims, ironically a day before the 30th year anniversary of the EDSA People Power on February 25.

FO1 Rogel Jan Alucilja, investigator at the Bureau of Fire Protection says their initial investigation shows that the fire inside the UCCP compound was deliberately instigated. (Photo by Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Photos: Lumad evacuees’ camp, dormitory burned

Post author:ACE R. MORANDANTE
Post published:February 24, 2016
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Fire gutted a temporary shelter for hundreds of Lumads on Wednesday dawn, February 24.

UCCP bishop: fire attacks church ministry

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Just like Martial Law pre-EDSA? Burning of Lumad evacuation shelter, student dormitory condemned

Photos: Lumad evacuees’ camp, dormitory burned

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