“We have been waiting all our lives for the government to build a school in our communities, but why now that we are able to build schools with our own perseverance, they want to close it?”, said Datu Kailo Bantulan in a press conference Monday.
The recent moves to close several schools of an indigenous people’s organization in Davao del Norte serve the insurgency campaign of the Army, said school administrators.
Members of an indigenous people’s group here said they reclaimed their homes early this month, more than a year after they were forced to leave by members of a religious sect.
After almost two months delay, the recognition rites of Mindanao Interfaith Services Inc. (Misfi) Academy based in Kapalong, Davao del Norte was held here on Monday.
A Barangay Kagawad (councilor) who heads the peace and order committee in Casoon, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province is facing charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives after he was allegedly arrested illegaly.
Cousins Jenky and Jomar Malibato are eager to finish school and become teachers to help their community. Both of them are Grade 5 students at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc. (Misfi) Academy.
As public and private schools here gear up for the enrollment next week as the formal opening of classes is slated on June 1, a private community school located in Sitio Muling, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte is not sure if they will hold classes for the students.
Nobody has seen Manobo activist John Calaba since he entered the compound of a logging and mining firm in Sultan Kudarat on April 30.
Members of children’s rights organizations were allegedly harassed by state forces on Thursday night, a national alliance of children’s rights groups said.
Coinciding with the Mother’s Day celebration on Sunday, women’s rights activists launched an online petition calling for the immediate release of women political prisoners in the Philippines.
