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Read more about the article Kin, colleague of rights victims lodge complaints in CHR 11
A man stands before the Commission on Human Rights office in Davao City, calling the agency to probe into killings of slain and detained farmers from Compostela Valley. (File photo / davaotoda.com)

Kin, colleague of rights victims lodge complaints in CHR 11

Relatives of slain and detained farmers from Compostela Valle trooped to the Commission of Human Rights Region 11 Office here to file formal complaints against the military for alleged human rights violations.

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Read more about the article Army denies hand in shooting of farmers’ family in Compostela Valley
Army spokesman Capt. Rhyan Batchar of the 10th Infantry Division says that they will be discussing the plan to prepare military camps as rehabilitation centers for drug dependents with their law enforcement counterparts.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Army denies hand in shooting of farmers’ family in Compostela Valley

The Army denied the human rights group's report that government troops were involved in the shooting incident of a farmer's family in Mabini town Compostela Valley Province last Thursday.

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Read more about the article Dying for the Earth: PHL still among deadliest countries for environment activists
An emotional Christina Lantaw holds a picture of slain farmer and anti-mining advocate Jimmy Saypan during Monday’s protest rally led by national minority alliance group Sandugo in front of the Department of Justice office in Padre Faura Street, Manila. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Dying for the Earth: PHL still among deadliest countries for environment activists

The brutal slaying of 28 land and environmental defenders in 2016 underscores the risk of environmental activism in the Philippines, placing the country again in the global spotlight as one of the deadliest countries in Asia and the world for environment activists.

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Read more about the article Lumad children pine for education
Lumad students and teachers of private schools catering to indigenous communities listen to a speech from a visiting pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines at the protest camp along the regional office of the Department of Education in Davao City on Thursday, July 13.

Lumad children pine for education

Joniver Abo is already 21 years old, but he is determined to finish his high school education and hopes to become a teacher someday.

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