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Read more about the article Lumad groups salute Gina Lopez, a “rare ally” in protecting ancestral lands
In this file photo, former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez talked with Sabokahan Lumad women during her visit at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City last August 5, 2016. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Lumad groups salute Gina Lopez, a “rare ally” in protecting ancestral lands

Indigenous peoples groups in Mindanao salute the late former environment secretary Gina Lopez as a "rare ally" in their struggle to protect the ancestral land from mining and other destructive activities.

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Read more about the article DCPO to deploy intelligence officers in schools vs CPP-NPA
DCPO director Police Senior Superintendent Alexander Tagum

DCPO to deploy intelligence officers in schools vs CPP-NPA

Davao City Police Office (DCPO) Director Alexander Tagum said they plan to deploy police intelligence inside the premises of at least five schools to monitor the activities of "left-leaning organizations" whom he accused as fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA).

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Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | Watchdogs monitor more bad machines
Elections at Buldon Central Elementary School in Barangay Mataya, Municipality of Buldon, Maguindanao Province experienced delays at around 7 am as some vote counting machines (VCMs) failed to function. (Trisha Aligato/davaotoday.com)

PCIJ REPORT | Watchdogs monitor more bad machines

A DISASTROUS mess. That, in a nutshell, is the picture painted by field reports obtained by PCIJ from poll watchdogs National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) and Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) regarding the pilot testing of the Voter Registration Verification Machines (VRVMs) during the May 13, 2019 elections.

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Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all
Residents in Barangay Buhangin participate ?in ?the ?f?inal ?t?esting and ?s?ealing of the ?voting? c?ounting ?machine?s? ?(VCM?)? at the Buhangin Elementary School? in Davao City?. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

PCIJ REPORT | A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machines to verify voters conked out, not used at all

THE MAY 2019 elections have been declared to be fraud-free by both election officials and watchdogs, but by all indications, its conduct and process were not entirely fault-free.

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