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On the commemoration of the 25th year since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Mario Castillo, executive director of Child Alert discloses a still alarming rate of absues on children. He say's that there are too many laws on the protection of the child that are not implemented. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Children advocates hit state negligence on child’s rights

On the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), various child rights advocates here criticized gpvernment for not doing its obligation as one of the signatories.

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Tribal militiamen fire at rural school students after buying school supplies

About 20 students of Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Incorporated (MISFI) Academy in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, were reported to have been in the group who were fired upon by members of the tribal militia, called Alamara.

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