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Read more about the article Family claims slain tribal leader innocent
GUARDS. Two soldiers sit on both sides of the slain tribal leader, Ruben Labawan's coffin in the latter's last day of wake on Thursday, July 14. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Family claims slain tribal leader innocent

?The f?a?mily of slain anti-Communist Ata tribal leader Ruben Labawan ?insisted on his innocence to the accusations hurled by the New People’s Army (NPA), who owned responsibility to the killing.

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Read more about the article Paquibato community school suspends classes as teachers get death threats from Alamara
LEARNING. Lumad (tribal) pupils from the Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center Inc in an evacuation center in Davao City focus on their lessons while their relatives and elders join a long march to the national capital to call on a stop to the killing of their leaders. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Paquibato community school suspends classes as teachers get death threats from Alamara

Two teachers of a community school in Paquibato district left their school early in the morning Thursday, July 7 after receiving death threats from the paramilitary group, Alamara.

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Read more about the article NDF says Army aerial bombings, not NPA presence, force Lumads to evacuate
ON GUARD. A member of the New People’s Army Rhyme Petalcorin Command stands guard during the release of Police Officer 3 Ruben Nojapa, Jr. Tuesday in Mawab, Compostela Valley. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

NDF says Army aerial bombings, not NPA presence, force Lumads to evacuate

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao denied reports that the evacuation of Lumads in a village in Davao Oriental last week was brought about by the presence of the New People’s Army.

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Read more about the article Davao Region ranks 5th in teen pregnancy rate
TEENAGE GIRLS. The Population Commission in Region 11 is alarmed with the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the region. Region 11 has a teenage fertility rate of 17 percent, which is higher than the national average of 14 percent. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Davao Region ranks 5th in teen pregnancy rate

Davao Region, which ranked fifth, posted a rate on teenage fertility higher than the national average of 14 percent.

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Read more about the article Hunger still stalks Mindanao, accelerates to 19%
In this file photo, an old woman and a young girl beg for alms on the stairs of the San Pedro Cathedral. The National Economic and Development Authority launched recently its anti-hunger and anti-poverty program dubbed “Ambisyon Natin 2040.”(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Hunger still stalks Mindanao, accelerates to 19%

As hunger rate falls in Metro Manila and Visayas, thousands of Mindanaons suffer hunger as the hunger rate rose from 13 percent to 19 percent in the island.

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