A child sleeps in front of a Chowking branch along Ilustre Street, Davao City. According to child advocates, landless families are forced to send their children to work as hired hands in plantations and farms. Many of them opt to move to the cities. 
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MANILA — week after GMA-7 news revealed the existence of what appeared to be Palace directives on extrajudicial killings of activists, the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan called on the Arroyo government to make a full public disclosure of the controversial ?Operation Bluetooth? and other similar issuances that may have come from top cabinet and military officials.
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Activists in Davao City held a demonstration on Tuesday, the International Day Against Torture, denouncing the political killings and abductions in the Philippines. The New York-based Human Rights Watch is expected to release tomorrow, Wednesday, a report on the atrocities allegedly being committed by state security forces against leftists and political dissenters. (Contributed photo)