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PEACE ADVOCATES. Panel speakers during the Mindanao Peace Forum held at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, March 15 share light moments with the media and the participants who are mostly religious leaders. (From left to right) Fr. Rex Reyes, convener of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform; Atty. Antonio Arellano, government peace panel member; Bishop Felixberto Calang, convener of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement; Satur Ocampo, independent cooperator for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel; and Sr. Luz Mallo of the Sisters Association of Mindanao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Peace group to AFP: Declare holiday truce

A Mindanao-based peace group Sowing the Seeds of Peace (SSP) appealed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to reciprocate the holiday truce declared earlier by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) as the nation celebrates “most cherished Filipino tradition.”

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Read more about the article AFP’s tall tales coined to seal martial rule extension, NPA says
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AFP’s tall tales coined to seal martial rule extension, NPA says

For the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao, the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is already keen and ardent to extend the imposition of martial law (ML) in the whole island.

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Read more about the article ‘Ocampo, Castro, Talaingod 18 release in accord with rule of law’
ACT Teachers party list Rep. France Castro and former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo (Photo courtesy of Karapatan Southern Mindanao)

‘Ocampo, Castro, Talaingod 18 release in accord with rule of law’

Other Salugpungan schools operating are now in fear of being forcibly closed by paramilitary groups and military, like what happened to its campus in Talaingod, that later led to the arrest of Talaingod 18 including former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo and ACT Teachers partylist Rep. France Castro.

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Read more about the article Short film advocating children’s rights made by students wins award
Student director Sweet Diane Mabaylan (third from left) together with the cast and crew of ‘Selda Pagbabago’ pose after winning in the recently held Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare Committee-10 (RJJWC-10) short film festival. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Short film advocating children’s rights made by students wins award

A group of Social Work students from a religious school won the first Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare Committee-10 (RJJWC-10) film festival as part of its advocacy opposing the proposal to lower the minimum age requirement of criminal liability.

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