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Lumads flee as military steps up operations in Talaingod

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Jan 29, 2008

Salupongan believed that their opposition to the Integrated Forestry Management Agreement logging project must have prompted the military to intensify their operation in the area. The lumads have been fighting against the government-backed IFMA for a long time now because it threatens to intrude into their ancestral domain. Your browser may not support display of this image.

Goodbye, Batman

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Jan 01, 2008

Known to Davao media as “Batman,” short for “Batang Mandaya,” (Mandaya child) Fernando Lintuan was laid to his grave on Sunday. Lintuan is the 5th journalist murdered in the country this year. He was shot dead on Christmas eve as he was leaving his radio station, DXGO, right after his radio program, “Ligas Paka” (one slip and you are dead). He left behind four children, aged 21, 18, 14 and 10. (davaotoday.com photos by Cheryll D. Fiel)

Call for justice

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Dec 29, 2007

National Union of Journalists Davao City Chapter prepare armbands for broadcaster Ferdie Lintuan’s burial tomorrow. Lintuan was murdered on the eve of Christmas Day near his radio station dxGO. He is the 5th journalist killed in the Philippines in 2007. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)

Duterte asks police to look into all angles in broadcaster’s death

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Dec 27, 2007

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte blasted certain politicians in Davao for insinuating that City Hall could have had a hand in the killing of radio broadcaster Fernando “Ferdie” Lintuan. In a press statement, Mayor Duterte said insinuations that Lintuan was killed for his attacks on alleged irregularities in the Davao City People’s Park is to deprive Lintuan and his family ”real justice”.

Davao broadcaster gunned down on Christmas

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Dec 24, 2007

Initial reports revealed that a gunman riding on a motorcycle shot Ferdie Lintuan at close range while he was on board a car leaving his radio station, DXGO Aksyon Radyo, at about 10 am today. He sustained a gunshot wound in the head. Two other broadcasters, Louie Ceniza and Edgar Banzon, were with him in the car.