Stories from the ground: Asian women journalists say going the extra mile to get IP stories pays

With information right at our fingertips, a journalist can write a story from calling sources and receiving press releases. But real stories happen on the ground and are best told when seen by the writers themselves especially in indigenous peoples communities.

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Lumads protest CHR’s snail-paced action on killings

Delegates of the human rights caravan, Manilakbayan from Mindanao marched from their camp inside the University of the Philippines Diliman to the national office of the Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday morning to condemn the agency's "slow response" on the investigation of the cases of Lumad killings in Mindanao.

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