DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Lumad rights advocates call for the reversal of the court decision that convicted former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo, former ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro, eight community teachers,…
As 2024 comes to an end, Davao Today looks back on the stories that impacted and resonated with Davaoeños, ranging from politics to the environment.
On the heels of impeachment filing against Vice President Sara Duterte and the quad-comm House hearings on the war on drugs and POGO, an ethics complaint was filed against a House member who played a key role in the hearings, ACT Teachers Representative France Castro.
“When our schools were closed in November 2018, the military threatened our lives. They said that if we don’t leave our school, they would kill a teacher or a student,” a Lumad youth said during the launch of Defend Talaingod 13, October 17.
A Talaingod chieftain found freedom after three years of detention as the Tagum City court acquitted him of trafficking Lumad students.