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Bayan Muna Rep. Karlos Ysagani Zarate tells officials of the Armed Forces' Eastern Mindanao Command that what they did to the United Nation's Special Rapporteur Chaloka Beyani's statement on the indigenous peoples in UCCP Haran in Davao City is an international embarrassment to the country. Zarate make the comment during the second day of the public hearing of the House Committee on Human Rights.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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Bayan Muna Rep. Karlos Ysagani Zarate tells officials of the Armed Forces' Eastern Mindanao Command that what they did to the United Nation's Special Rapporteur Chaloka Beyani's statement on the indigenous peoples in UCCP Haran in Davao City is an international embarrassment to the country. Zarate make the comment during the second day of the public hearing of the House Committee on Human Rights.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte discusses during command conference held Wednesday at Menseng Hotel the security plan for the Kadayawan Festival with Davao City Police Office Chief Sr. Supt. Vicente Danao Jr. (right) and TF Davao Chief Col. Macairog Alberto (left).

KADAYAWAN SECURITY

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte discusses during command conference held Wednesday at Menseng Hotel the security plan for the Kadayawan Festival with Davao City Police Office Chief Sr. Supt. Vicente Danao Jr. (right) and TF Davao Chief Col. Macairog Alberto (left). (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte foists the ball with two All-Star PBA players during the opening of the invitational basketball tournament as part of the Kadayawan festival activity. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

MAYOR’S CUP

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte foists the ball with two All-Star PBA players during the opening of the invitational basketball tournament as part of the Kadayawan festival activity. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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Members of the House committee on human rights conduct a two-day public hearing in Hotel Vicente along Torres Street in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

PUBLIC HEARING

Members of the House committee on human rights conduct a two-day public hearing in Hotel Vicente along Torres Street in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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Sr. Stella Matutina, a Filipina Benedictine nun from Mindanao who was the recipient of 2015 Human Rights Award by the Weimar City, Germany, appears before a public hearing conducted by the House committee on human rights in Davao City on Tuesday. She said that cases filed against church people are part of the government's continuing harrasment against human rights defenders. Beside her is Reverend Jurie Jaime of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

CHURCH HARASSMENT

Sr. Stella Matutina, a Filipina Benedictine nun from Mindanao who was the recipient of 2015 Human Rights Award by the Weimar City, Germany, appears before a public hearing conducted by the House committee on human rights in Davao City on Tuesday.

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