Read more about the article Struggles of Lumad students amidst militarization featured in award-winning documentary
14-year-old Manobo Chricelyn Empong had to flee from her community to escape the intensifying armed conflict in the hinterland and to fight for the right to education of Lumad children in Mindanao like her. (screenshot from Bullet-Laced Dreams documentary)

Struggles of Lumad students amidst militarization featured in award-winning documentary

The struggle of the Lumad children to continue their education amid the tension of militarization and closure of their schools is featured in a documentary premiered in the Daang Dokyu Festival.

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Read more about the article Food packages, single-use plastics pollute Davao City water source
Most of the 1,713 pieces of waste materials collected in the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed were food packaging, plastic bottles, and household products packaging. (Photo from IDIS Facebook page)

Food packages, single-use plastics pollute Davao City water source

A cleanup in one of Davao City’s potable water source revealed thousands of single-use food packages, sachets and bottles of house items have been dumped in the area.

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