LUMADS TARGETTED. Isidro Indao, Spokesperson of the Lumad group Pasaka-Southern Mindanao Region with Manobo leader Datu Doloman Dawsay appealed for the "pull-out" of Army troops from the Manobo communities of Talaingod, Davao del Norte. The Lumad leaders alleged that the Army has been "committing human rights violations and acting as a clearing force in order for logging and mining operations to enter their communities." (Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A Manobo tribal leader in Davao Del Norte claimed that new troops sent near their village threatened both men and women and scared schoolchildren as they accused the village of harboring New People's Army guerrillas.
By KAI A. ROSELLO & MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
By CJ KUIZON Kabiba fears that increased deployment of soldiers in the region by the 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army based in Camp Panacan will drive up the number of child victims of human rights violations.