DENR secretary: gov’t should apologize to Lumad evacuees

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez visited the temporary shelter of indigenous people’s evacuees inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Father Selga street, Davao City on Friday afternoon, August 5.

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Militant groups meet with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for a dialogue after delivering his first State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on July 25, 2016. KING RODRIGUEZ/PPD

Activists, Duterte talk about Lumad issue in post-Sona meeting

Leaders of progressive groups from Mindanao said they talked with President Rodrigo Duterte about the agenda of the Lumads in Mindanao in a meeting the President called for them after he gave his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.

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Relatives and friends of Herme Alegre pay their last respect ?before he is buried in Sitio Kahusayan, Barangay Manuel Guianga, Tugbok district in Davao City on Sunday, July 24.

Slain Lumad leader buried in home village

More than a hundred residents of Barangay Manuel Guianga here buried Herme Alegre, a tribal school officer who was killed in an attack by armed men on their way home from a meeting.

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'LUMADS ARE VERY SELF-SUFFICIENT'. Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo says the Lumad evacuees have not asked for livelihood from them but for the end to militarization of their communities. Taguiwalo described the Lumads as "very self-sufficient" during her second visit to the evacuees at the United Church of Christ of the Philippines Haran compound in Father Selga Street, Davao City on Friday, July 22. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

DSWD still awaiting Duterte’s order for Lumad evacuees’ return

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said that the agency is ready to assist Lumad evacuees who are occupying an area inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran, pending an order from President Rodrigo Duterte.

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