Nothing to celebrate on IPRA’s 15th year, party-list says

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

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Dionesy, a former abantero who lost his two nephews in the landslide, takes a rest and watch as other volunteers dig to find more bodies still burried in the mud. (photo by John Rizle Saligumba/davaotoday.com)

Small-scale miners in Pantukan ask, why blame us?

By JOHN RIZLE SALIGUMBA

Small-scale miners grapple with the impact of landslides and the government’s demolition order.

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