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Activists and indigenous peoples advocates hold a candle lighting activity at the Freedom Park in Davao City on Monday to call for justice for a Manobo student who was killed on Sunday by a suspected member of the paramilitary group Alamara in Sitio Laslasakan, Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte province. The Save Our Schools Network in Southern Mindanao said the 15-year-old Alibando Tingkas is the 20th child victim of extrajudicial killing in Mindanao since 2010. The group said the total number of child killed in the country is 29. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Bai Ali Indayla, a nominee of the Gabriela Women's Partylist Bai condemns the killing of the Grade 3 Manobo student, Alinbando Tingkas, who was killed on Sunday by a suspected member of the paramilitary group Alamara in Sitio Laslasakan, Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte province. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Bishop Ephraim Fajutagana (second from right), Iglesia Filipina Independiente Obispo Maximo (Supreme Bishop), and Bishop Joel Porlares (third from left), IFI bishop of Bulacan and Bataan link arms with the indigenous peoples leaders during their solidarity visit at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City, where hundreds of Lumads are seeking refuge since March, last year. Fajutagana said the root cause of the conflict is the big foreign mining investors and their local Filipino counterpart who wish to extract the resources of the Lumads ancestral lands.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Dr. Ma.Teresa Ungson, Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator of the National Nutrition Council Region XI says that stunting is the biggest problem in the country due to lack of nutrition. Ungson announced in a press conference Monday that to address the problem on stunted children, the NNC is holding the First 1000 days program to assist pregnant mothers and their babies to ensure that they will get the best nutrition during the crucial stage of child development. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)