We are no longer who we were before Monday. Even in the annals of political violence in the Philippines, there…
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Journalists were out to cover the filing of candidacy of a politician who will challenge the reigning clan of the Ampatuans—a close ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo—when the convoy made up of the politicians’ relatives and supporters were blocked and massacred along the way.
Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao November 23, 2009 The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) condemns in the…
23 November 2009 Press Statement The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demands justice for our colleagues and…
DAVAO CITY Around 30 media practitioners across the region gather starting November 20 until November 21 at the Eden Nature…
BAGANGA, DAVAO ORIENTAL (davaotoday.com) Even before they could open it, villagers in Baganga town of Davao Oriental are already complaining about the 24-hour shift that running the Barangay Defense System outpost will entail.
It will disrupt our farming activities, one villager complained to a fact-finding and medical mission team that entered the area on October 21 to 23.
BDS members dont have salaries. What will our family eat? Read on
By GERMELINA LACORTE
COLUMBIO, SULTAN KUDARAT — B’laan farmer Tolyano Dalumatan had to go back to their old house in sitio Talambato in Matanao town of Davao del Sur to cut some bamboos for the walling of their new house in Columbio. “He didn�t even get to cut bamboos,� said a relative.
By GRACE S. UDDIN
TALAINGOD, DAVAO DEL NORTE � Contrary to the soldiers� claim, the school for Lumads in Talaingod has been operating in the last three years with a permit from the Department of Education (DepEd).
By CHERYLL FIEL
After one month and 13 days at the evacuation camp, the Manobo evacuees finally went home to Lianga on August 30. Aboard a convoy of 40 trucks to barangay Diatagon, the lumads left the grounds of the Diocese of Tandag that served as their evacuation camp. But barely a month after coming home, the soldiers are back again, recruiting them to the Task Force Gantangan, a paramilitary group to fight the government�s war against the insurgents.
