An administrator of a school owned by Lumads but run by educators and missionaries from the non-government sector said government appear to receive a “slap in the face” whenever individuals and organizations donate funds, materials and moral support to indigenous peoples.
More than 2,000 police and other security forces will secure the Kadayawan Festival celebrations here on August 17-23.
The Davao City Police Office will implement the Operation Plan (Oplan) Sita to visitors during the Kadayawan Festival as part of its security measures.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said that he will not support the administration's Liberal Party if Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima will run under the LP ticket.
Tribal evacuees in a church compound here, together with its support groups filed charges Friday afternoon against 20 government officials and tribal leaders affiliated with a paramilitary group after the July 23 foiled "rescue" of evacuees.