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Read more about the article Military has long been engaged in hamletting of Lumad communities — Pasaka
'PULL? ?OUT TROOPS'.Lumad group PASAKA holds protest outside the venue of the Indigenous Peoples Summit on Thursday, February 1, to call for President Rodrigo Duterte to pull ?out the soldiers from Lumad communities to pave way for the safe return of Lumad evacuees in UCCP Haran. (Mark Joy G. Basallajes/davaotoday.com)

Military has long been engaged in hamletting of Lumad communities — Pasaka

Soldiers have been undertaking the “hamletting” of indigenous communities in its all-out war against communist rebels, even before the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte, a militant lumad group in Mindanao decried.

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Read more about the article Salugpongan leaders slam red-tagging
Council members of the lumad group Salugpongan Ta 'tanu Igkanugon in a press conference on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, in United Churhc of Christ in the Philippines Haran evacuation center, deny that it has links with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA). (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Salugpongan leaders slam red-tagging

The Salugpongan Council denied on Tuesday that it has links with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA).

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Read more about the article ML extension normalizes killings in Mindanao—Suara Bangsamoro
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ML extension normalizes killings in Mindanao—Suara Bangsamoro

The spate of killings in Mindanao is expected to continue after Congress and Senate approved on Wednesday the extension of martial law, a militant Moro group said, noting that it is being used by President Rodrigo Duterte to cling in power.

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Read more about the article Lumad school volunteer teacher recalls saddest birthday
Karl Tristan Butalid, University of the Philippines Mindanao alumnus, is currently teaching Grade 7 to 10 students in one of the Salugpongan schools in Compostela Valley province. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Lumad school volunteer teacher recalls saddest birthday

A young volunteer teacher recalled his saddest birthday when armed men killed his father five years ago in Tagum City.

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