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REENACTING THE HORROR. Children of Barangay Mangayon, town of Compostela, Compostela Valley dramatize how they were harassed and forced by government soldiers to act as guides in their counter-insurgency operations . This was part of the Save Our Schools: Children's Camp launched by child advocates in Panansalan, Compostela last October 29 to call for the protection of children's rights in the observance of Children's Month. (file photo)

Army presence halted Lumad school classes

A children’s advocacy group said classes were disrupted as school children were “too afraid to go to school” after military troops “encamped” in their classrooms in a farflung village in Compostela, Compostela Valley province.

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Read more about the article Militant farmers remember Mendiola massacre, demand Pnoy’s ouster
A farmer carries a sign demanding for agrarian reform to benefit farmers during a human rights rally in Digos City.

Militant farmers remember Mendiola massacre, demand Pnoy’s ouster

Timed for the 27th year commemoration of the Mendiola massacre on January 22, militant farmers demanded that Pres. Aquino should be ousted for his “incompetence and anti-farmer stance.”

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Read more about the article Groups to Pnoy: prayers not enough, hasten aid in Yolanda areas
Lining up for relief. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Groups to Pnoy: prayers not enough, hasten aid in Yolanda areas

A group of Typhoon Yolanda survivors called Tindog (Stand) People’s Network in a statement said prayers are not only needed in Eastern Visayas, and instead called for action.

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Read more about the article Bayan spokesperson bares threat
LES MISÉRABLES. Sheena Duazo, spokesperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao, says the incessant increase in the prices of basic goods and services, burgeoning taxes, wage freeze, foreign plunder and human right abuses, among others under the Aquino government have made the lives of ordinary Filipinos more miserable. Militants held a rally along Davao City’s San Pedro Street, February 6. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Bayan spokesperson bares threat

The spokesperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) took to the media to make public the threats she has been receiving from a man claiming to be a “government national security consultant” of an organization working for the government.

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