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Datu Suminggil, a Manabo lumad (indigenous people) leader in Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte, calls for pullout of Army troops from their area.

Rights group slams abuses in Davnor town

Human rights group Karapatan lambasted a military general for “sowing Palparan-style terror” in Kapalong town.

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Read more about the article Davao leaders say P-Noy term extension “hogwash”, “creeping dictatorship”
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte retorts to Commission on Human Rights Chief Etta Rosales saying she was a bad example when the latter called him a bad influence to Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista who recently slapped an alleged Chinese drug dealer.

Davao leaders say P-Noy term extension “hogwash”, “creeping dictatorship”

"Hogwash" was how Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte described plans by the administration to tinker with the Constitution to extend President Benigno Aquino III's term of office.

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Read more about the article (Update) Arrested IP leader says he is “not in hiding, not guilty”
STOP LARGE-SCALE MINING. Tribal leader Genasque Enriquez, Katribu Party-list’s second nominee, calls on the Aquino government to stop the continued intrusion of foreign and large-scale mining companies to the indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands in Mindanao in a protest Saturday outside the Camp Crame in Quezon City. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

(Update) Arrested IP leader says he is “not in hiding, not guilty”

A leader of an indigenous people’s group arrested by government agents earlier today said he was “never in hiding” and that he is not “guilty” of the charges filed against him.

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