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Groups seek hike of statutory rape age to 16
Children rights advocates ?are launch?ing? a campaign to ?raise to 16 years old the age of accountability in statutory ?rape cases.
About 1,600 indigenous people from rural villages of Lianga and San Agustin towns in Surigao del Sur fled their homes on Monday,July 16,after a month of military encampment in their communities.(Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Surigao Lumads flee from ‘militarized’ communities
More than a thousand indigenous people from 15 rural villages in the municipalities of San Agustin, Tago, and Lianga, this province fled their homes on Monday, July 15, after a month of military encampment of their communities.
Fisherfolks ask for access to shores as coastal? r?oad project? goes full swing?
Fishermen here has asked the city government to provide them safer access to ?the shores to for them to land and to protect their boats against battering monsoon waves.
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IFI bishop slams gov’t over arrest of ‘Gensan 13’
Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) Bishop Felixberto Calang has questioned the way more than a dozen individuals were arrested by law enforcers in General Santos City on Wednesday night.
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Detained Church workers freed on bail
Detained church workers and rights activists were released ?on bail after ?their ?arrest on the evening of July 4? in General Santos City ?while holding an organizational consultation on peasant and ?tribal issues?.
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