by John Rizle Saligumba Davao Today Initial reports from Karapatan Southern Mindanao showed that Agusanon residents fled on Sunday from Barangays Kauswagan, Sabud, Mansanitas and San Mariano. The residents along with 224 children evacuated to Barangay Kauswagan Elementary School.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “The IPRA law only served as a tool to legally plunder our ancestral lands. The law, in its present form, cannot provide the realization and attainment of our rights” -- Francesca Tolentino, secretary general of the Katribu Partylist
By CHERYLL FIEL After one month and 13 days at the evacuation camp, the Manobo evacuees finally went home to Lianga on August 30. Aboard a convoy of 40 trucks to barangay Diatagon, the lumads left the grounds of the Diocese of Tandag that served as their evacuation camp. But barely a month after coming home, the soldiers are back again, recruiting them to the Task Force Gantangan, a paramilitary group to fight the government?s war against the insurgents.
By CHERYLL FIEL Davao Today DAVAO CITY ? A lumad leader was gunned down just a few meters from the town hall of Boston in Davao Oriental yesterday, bringing to…
Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women's Party condemned the killings of Kapis Butod and Ludenio Monzon in Davao region, saying that the spate of summary executions under the Arroyo administration…