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GUEST OF HONOR. University of the Philippines Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan, leads the awarding of diploma during the graduation ceremony of the Lumad school, Community Technical College of Southern Mindanao (CTCSM), in Maco, Compostela Valley on Monday, April 2, 2018. Tan is known for hosting thousands of Lumad joining a protest caravan from Mindanao to Manila against militarization of Lumad communities and schools. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Lumad congresswoman questions closure of another Lumad school in Mindanao

The closure of another Lumad school in Davao Region prompted a Lumad leader in Congress to question the Department of Education if they are acting on the interests of the Lumad children who are now denied of another community school.

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Read more about the article Lumad group slams false report of another Lumad death
Lumad evacuees in UCCP Haran conducted a flag ceremony to commemorate the 122nd Independence Day.

Lumad group slams false report of another Lumad death

The Lumad group Pasaka denounced another round of false reporting in local news that a third Lumad died in their UCCP Haran sanctuary and was secretly buried in the Wireless Cemetery.

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Read more about the article Journalist recalls abduction over ‘mistaken identity’ one year ago
Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle. (Photo courtesy of Kodao Productions)

Journalist recalls abduction over ‘mistaken identity’ one year ago

“Justice delayed, justice denied,” says Fidelina Margarita Valle, columnist for Davao Today, remembering her experience a year ago being taken by police agents at an airport.

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Read more about the article Urban poor activist’s death warns danger of anti-terror bill
Kadamay Seretary General Carlito Badion (Photo courtesy of Saya Villacorta)

Urban poor activist’s death warns danger of anti-terror bill

The death of urban poor activist leader Carlito Badion comes a day after Congress pushed for the Anti-Terror Bill to the plenary on May 30, as progressive lawmakers warned his killing is a prelude to how the bill will target critics and activists.

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