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FAREWELL, DAD. Children of Alcadev school director, Emerito Samarca, bid their last goodbye to their father who was one of the three victims killed by militia men belonging to the Magaha

FAREWELL, DAD

Children of Alcadev school director, Emerito Samarca, bid their last goodbye to their father who was one of the three victims killed by militia men belonging to the Magahat Bagani Force in Km. 16, Barangay Diatagon, Lianga town in Surigao del Sur last September 1. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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LAST GLANCE. Friends and relatives of Emerito Samarca, fondly called as Tatay Emok, gather in Guingona Park, Butuan City on Saturday to pay their last respects. Samarca's remains will be brought to Oraya Cemetery in Libertad town Butuan.

LAST GLANCE

Friends and relatives of Emerito Samarca, fondly called as Tatay Emok, gather in Guingona Park, Butuan City on Saturday to pay their last respects. Samarca's remains will be brought to Oraya Cemetery in Libertad town Butuan (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Baganis are for peace, not to serve your interests – tribal leader
LUMAD LEADERS. Leaders of various indigenous people’s tribes perform a ritual called panubadtubad before an image of Pope Francis as they confer on him the honorary title Apo (Elder) Edsila, meaning ‘light,’ ‘sunrise’, or ‘dawn of a new day. (Contributed photo)

Baganis are for peace, not to serve your interests – tribal leader

A tribal leader worries over the pronouncement of a congresswoman that she will create a measure to recognize and regulate indigenous defense system in the country.

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Read more about the article LIGHTS FOR LUMADS
LIGHTS FOR LUMADS. Students from the University of the Philippines Mindanao campus light candles on Friday to condemn the continuing harassment and killing of Lumads in Mindanao. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

LIGHTS FOR LUMADS

Students from the University of the Philippines Mindanao campus light candles on Friday to condemn the continuing harassment and killing of Lumads in Mindanao. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article The probe mission on ‘Pangantucan 5’: Encounter or Massacre?
(From left) The 15-year old survivor (not shown), and son of one of the victims during the killing of five alleged rebels in Pangantucan,Bukidnon, Herminio Samia, appears before the members of the press to tell how the Army killed his family last August 18. He is joined by Fr. Christopher Ablon, spokesperson of Karapatan, Ireo Inahan, president of the Manobo Farmers’ Association and Datu Danny Polinda from BarangayMendis. (Photo contributed by Ron Clarion)

The probe mission on ‘Pangantucan 5’: Encounter or Massacre?

The military is quick to insist that it was an “encounter” with members of the New People’s Army, while the family cries “massacre” over the death of five Lumad individuals in Sitio Mandum, Barangay Mendis, Pangantucan Bukidnon.

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