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Read more about the article Alleged child soldier worked at a small scale mining area when injured – group
REENACTING THE HORROR. Children of Barangay Mangayon, town of Compostela, Compostela Valley dramatize how they were harassed and forced by government soldiers to act as guides in their counter-insurgency operations . This was part of the Save Our Schools: Children's Camp launched by child advocates in Panansalan, Compostela last October 29 to call for the protection of children's rights in the observance of Children's Month. (file photo)

Alleged child soldier worked at a small scale mining area when injured – group

The 14-year-old boy alleged as a child soldier was a small-scale child laborer, a child rights group said.

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Read more about the article UCCP bishop: fire attacks church ministry
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

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.

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Read more about the article Duterte orders police to investigate Haran fire
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

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.

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Read more about the article Just like Martial Law pre-EDSA? Burning of Lumad evacuation shelter, student dormitory condemned
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

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.

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