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 don�t 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.
DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) — A partylist representative and leaders of indigenous peoples� groups in Mindanao said there�s no reason to celebrate the 15th year of International Day of Indigenous Peoples as the tribes continue to suffer from the atrocities of the Arroyo administration.
“The Arroyo administration did not only fail to uphold, protect and promote IP rights,� Gabriela Women Partylist representative Luz Ilagan said, �It has also violated these rights.� Read on
DAVAO CITY – – A lumad farmer survived a slay attempt in Baganga town of Davao Oriental on June 26 this year.
�I was lucky to have noticed the triggerman drew a gun as their motorcycle pulled alongside us. I heard three shots. They were so close, I could almost see the bullets whizzing by my head,” Gonzales told Davao Today. Read on.