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Read more about the article Slain Lumad leader buried in home village
Relatives and friends of Herme Alegre pay their last respect ?before he is buried in Sitio Kahusayan, Barangay Manuel Guianga, Tugbok district in Davao City on Sunday, July 24.

Slain Lumad leader buried in home village

More than a hundred residents of Barangay Manuel Guianga here buried Herme Alegre, a tribal school officer who was killed in an attack by armed men on their way home from a meeting.

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Read more about the article DSWD still awaiting Duterte’s order for Lumad evacuees’ return
'LUMADS ARE VERY SELF-SUFFICIENT'. Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo says the Lumad evacuees have not asked for livelihood from them but for the end to militarization of their communities. Taguiwalo described the Lumads as "very self-sufficient" during her second visit to the evacuees at the United Church of Christ of the Philippines Haran compound in Father Selga Street, Davao City on Friday, July 22. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

DSWD still awaiting Duterte’s order for Lumad evacuees’ return

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said that the agency is ready to assist Lumad evacuees who are occupying an area inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran, pending an order from President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Read more about the article ?After Kidapawan ‘massacre’, farmers in Arakan still lack gov?’t support
UNFAIR. Datu Gunding, leader of a community of Manobos in Sitio Katindo, Brgy. Malibatuan in Arakan, North Cotabato, laments the unfair trade practices that beset Lumad farmers. He said that after four months worth of labor in the fields, even a bountiful harvest of corn only yields him roughly P1,000 after the additional costs of shelling and trucking. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

?After Kidapawan ‘massacre’, farmers in Arakan still lack gov?’t support

While they are waiting for the harvest season, Datu Gunding said they hope they get aid from the government.

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Read more about the article Global assembly of rights activists opens in Davao
Around 200 delegates from different countries join the 2nd General Assembly of the International Coalition for People's Rights in the Philippines which open?ed on Thursday, July 21 at the Brokenshire Convention Center in Madapo Hills, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Global assembly of rights activists opens in Davao

After a four-day tour to different communities in Mindanao, an estimated 200 human rights activists from different countries opened the 2nd General Assembly of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines at the Brokenshire Convention Center on Thursday, July 21.

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