Lumad schools face harassments as new school year opens

“Military troops have occupied our schools and conducted roving operations that hamper our members’ [work for] the start of our preparation since early last week,” Lumad school teacher Joan Esperancilla in a statement said. At STTICLC’s Tibucag campus in Barangay Dagohoy, about 20 soldiers of the Army’s 51st Infantry Battalion…

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Higaonons evacuate from military occupation of community

A hundred and fifty-eight Higaonons have again been driven away from their homes by the military in Sitio Camansi, Barangay Banglay, Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental, Lumad organization Katungod said. Thirty-five Higaonon families are now encamped at Lagonglong town center after soldiers of the 58th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army occupied…

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SALAKYAG 2018 Malacañang Program

Ang Salakyag para sa Sangnilikha 2018 ay isang pambansang kampanya na nananawagan para sa proteksyon at konserbasyon ng ating kapaligiran. Magsisimula ang isang malawak na “Caravan” mula sa Zamboanga City sa darating na Mayo 28, 2018 at magtatapos sa Metro Manila sa Hunyo 5, 2018, sa pagdiriwang ng World Environment…

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SALAKYAG Update

Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) and NASSA/Caritas Philippines, invite you to share and join the Salakyag para sa Sangnilikha 2018. The Salakyag 2018 is organized by PMPI in cooperation with NASSA/Caritas Philippines as part of a national campaign that calls for the protection and conservation of our environment and respect…

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Rule of Law or Rule of Tainted Judges?

To Take A Stand by Oscar P. Lagman, Jr. Referring to the granting of the quo warranto petition that led to the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, “The Court ruling is an assertion of the supremacy of the fundamental law of the…

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