Davao City offers relocation for Lumads still in UCCP compound
The city government is willing to relocate here the tribal evacuees (also called Lumads) who have taken refuge for more than eight months now in UCCP Haran compound.
Councilor Mary Joselle Dilig-Villafuerte (davaotoday.com file photo)
Motorcycle accidents alarm Davao City officials
Councilor Mary Joselle Dilig-Villafuerte would file a resolution urging the Land Transportation Office to offer for free its existing training program to motor owners as hospitals here recorded increasing number of patients admission related to motorcycle accidents.
Tagle: Pull out military troops in Lumad communities
Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manila visited the camp of Manilakbayan at Liwasang Bonifacio and expressed his support to the calls of the Lumads for a pull-out of military troops in their communities.
Despite heavy rains, Lumads protest AFP, PNP headquarters
Amid heavy rains, an estimate of 500 lumads marched from People Power Monument to the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police to condemn the lumad killings in Mindanao allegedly perpetrated by the state forces.
Lumad-focused research and media center launched
A research and media center solely focused on indigenous peoples’ issues was launched Monday morning at Balay Kalinaw in University of the Philippines Diliman campus.