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Read more about the article Courageous nun engages military for ‘‘red-tagging”
COMPLAINT. Sr. Stella Matutina gestures to lawyer Albert Sipaco of the Commission on Human Rights-XI. Matutina, along with eight other environmental defenders called the Davao Oriental 8, filed complaints before the CHR against the military for harassment. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Courageous nun engages military for ‘‘red-tagging”

By MICK M. BASA

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Read more about the article Zamboanga protest vs Balikatan troops shows mounting anti-US sentiment
US TROOPS OUT NOW! Participants of the People's Caravan in Zamboanga City oppose the US-PH war exercises and the continued US intervention. Satur Ocampo (with eyeglasses), president of Bayan Muna and Makabayan Coalition, joined Mindanaons in defending national sovereignty. (davaotoday.com photo by Irika A. Rosello)

Zamboanga protest vs Balikatan troops shows mounting anti-US sentiment

By KAI A. ROSELLO & MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN

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Read more about the article A mass for martyrs, a poem for fallen Italian priest
A POEM FOR FATHER POPS. Father Pol Paracha reads the poem entitled "My Soul's Diary" at the mass in Balindog village, Kidapawan City. The Diocese of Kidapawan honored their martyrs as they remember the slain Italian missionary Father Fausto Tentorio. (davaotoday.com photo)

A mass for martyrs, a poem for fallen Italian priest

By ALEX D. LOPEZ

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Read more about the article Lowly miners leave tunnels to camp out vs. US mining firm
UP IN ARMS. Small-scale miners and peasants in Pantukan town unite against the destructive large-scale mining operations by US and Canada-owned Russel Mines. They scored the Aquino government for ignoring their interests and welfare in favor of big and foreign mining companies. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Lowly miners leave tunnels to camp out vs. US mining firm

Small-scale miners and peasants in this town have been up in arms against the no-habitation policy, saying it displaced and deprived them of their livelihood.  They reckoned, the move is in favor of big and foreign mining capitalists.      

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