Bai Bibyaon Bigkay, a Matigsalog leader from Talaingod, Davao del Norte, said she is dismayed with the attitude shown by North Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco who is now under fire after a dialogue with lumad (tribal) evacuees in Davao City turned sour.
The police here raided early Thursday morning an evacuation camp where 700 indigenous people from Talaingod, Davao del Norte and some parts of Bukidnon province sought sanctuary for months now.
A local official from the town of Caraga in Davao Oriental has filed a resolution urging the local government to regulate the staging of lewd programs after the town’s acting mayor allegedly sponsored an event showing “sensual dancing with suggestive sexual remarks.”
Low water levels of Lake Lanao and Agus and Pulangi dams continue to drop, causing lower power supply in Mindanao areas.
A Datu (tribal leader) of Manobos from Talaingod, Davao del Norte met with with a United Nations official on Monday in Quezon City to discuss how the alleged human rights abuses forced them to leave their communities.