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LAND OCCUPATION. Not minding the heat of the sun, farm workers help in mounting the tents for the 46 GMARBAI II agrarian reform beneficiaries as they marked the first day of tenancy of the reclaimed land in Tagum City. (Cy Bermudez/davaotoday.com)

Farmers reclaim land from Lapanday after decades

Post author:IVY JEAN S. TUPAS
Post published:January 30, 2018
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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DAVAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – After decades of waiting and struggling to own their lands, 46 farmers occupied peacefully a land area covering 34.6 hectares in Tagum City on January…

Another Lumad killed in Arakan

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:January 28, 2018
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Another Lumad was killed in Arakan town, Cotabato, reported human rights group Karapatan on Sunday.

Karapatan records three killings, abductions in a week

Post author:MARA S. GENOTIVA
Post published:January 23, 2018
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Human rights group Karapatan reported three cases of politically motivated killings, and two activists abducted last week. Aaron Notarte, 25, a resident of Barangay Manat in…

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Decades after Mendiola massacre, attacks on peasants continue

Post author:IVY JEAN S. TUPAS
Post published:January 23, 2018
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) marked on Monday, January 22, the 31st year since the killings of some 13 farmers in an event now known…

Soccsksargen files ‘first’ martial law-related case

Post author:MARA S. GENOTIVA
Post published:January 17, 2018
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Region 12 considered the massacre of eight members of the T’boli-Dulangan Manobo in Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato…

Farmers reclaim land from Lapanday after decades

Another Lumad killed in Arakan

Karapatan records three killings, abductions in a week

Decades after Mendiola massacre, attacks on peasants continue

Soccsksargen files ‘first’ martial law-related case

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