By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “They insisted we are NPAs because we live in the mountains. But I told them that we lumads don’t live in urban areas, rather in the hinterlands because it is where we get our source of living” -- Datu Tinoy Noa
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today The Mindanao Lumad Alliance, Kalumaran, urges Aquino to “put an end to the killings, abuses, and military recruitment of Lumad paramilitaries in our communities that failed to bring peace and development” as it called to “stop this deception that mines, dams, and agribusiness will bring in development.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Data from the provincial Department of Social Welfare and Development reveals that 309 families or 1,108 individuals fled and are now seeking temporary refuge in the different evacuation sites in Batulawan village and in Poblacion Pikit.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “Our tribal chieftain arrived and confirmed that Totong was killed because he was mistaken for an NPA guide. He said they believed him to be in the company of seven other men and was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun” – Manuel Mabinsi, victim’s brother
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Dagok blocked the backhoe operator’s view as she finds this the only way she could stop the machine from gnashing its teeth on the land -- the land where they have lived and tilled for years; the land they call home in Bariquit Compound, Purok 13, Bugac in Maa village.