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Soldiers are seen encamped in civilian houses in Sitio Bantaan, Barangay Bagumbayan, Magpet town, province of North Cotabato. (Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network)

Tribal school report of continuing military harassment

School authorities of two tribal schools in Davao Oriental and North Cotabato operated by the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Inc. (MISFI) has reported of continued Army harassment, ranging from encampment nearby and asking residents around to refrain from sending their children to the MISFI school.

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Read more about the article Old woes hound public schools
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. A total of 2,732 students of Mintal Comprehensive High School in Barangay Mintal, Davao City line up for the first flag ceremony of the school year during the opening of classes on Monday, June 5. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Old woes hound public schools

Another school year is set to open next week, but public schools were expected to struggle with same "age-old problems".

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Read more about the article Groups slam gov’t for failure to address HR violations under martial law
WAR-TORN CITY. There is no silencing of the guns in Marawi City on the day President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his second State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 24. This is the latest photo of Banggolo District in Marawi City, the main battle area of the government troops and the terrorist Maute-ISIS taken Saturday, July 22. As ?Congress on its joint session approved the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao, death toll of the Philippine troops rises to 105 while 428 suspected terrorists are killed, as of 2 pm of July 22. (Photo by Divina M. Suson)

Groups slam gov’t for failure to address HR violations under martial law

Cases of human rights violations continue to pile up two years after martial law was declared in Mindanao resulting from the conflict in Marawi City that flared up on May 23, 2017, that ran for several months, civil society organizations said Friday.

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Read more about the article Paramilitary forcing Lumad evacuees to go home, group claims
(Photo courtesy of PASAKA-SMR)

Paramilitary forcing Lumad evacuees to go home, group claims

The Lumad group PASAKA slammed the military and paramilitary group Alamara for forcing Lumad evacuees to return to their communities amidst the height of intensive and continuing military operations in the hinterlands.

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Read more about the article ACT Teachers reps condemn cases vs union leader
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) union region president for Northern Mindanao Ophelia Tabacon (second from left) leads other educators in demanding for increase in salary of educators during a recently protest action held in Plaza Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davatoday.com)

ACT Teachers reps condemn cases vs union leader

Legislators belonging to the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) have condemned what they called as “fabricated cases” filed against leaders of different rights organizations including ACT Union regional president for Northern Mindanao Ophelia Tabacon.

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