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Military says child allegedly 'taken' by soldiers was 'rescued' in NPA encounter

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Posted at Jun 21 12:33 AM

The military claimed on Sunday that it rescued a Lumad girl during a military operation last week against communist rebels in the Caraga region. Read more »

'Massacre' umano sa 3 Lumad kabilang ang isang 12-anyos, kinondena

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 07:11 PM

Hustisya ang isinisigaw ng iba-ibang progresibong grupo sa pagpatay ng militar sa 3 miyembro ng Lumad-Manobo community sa Lianga, Surigao del Sur noong Martes. Read more »

3 lumad slain in Surigao del Sur not rebels, local says; Army insists they're Reds

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Updated as of Jun 18 02:29 PM

MANILA - Three members of the Manobo tribe who were killed in an alleged firefight with the military in Surigao del Sur were not members of New People's Army, a local resident said Friday. Read more »

Sans proof, Cavite solon accuses minor in Cebu lumad school raid of being 'radicalized'

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Posted at May 26 07:30 PM

MANILA - Some members of the House of Representatives verbally sparred on Tuesday during the lower chamber's probe into the controversial police raid inside the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus in Cebu City last February. Read more »

Charges vs 7 arrested Lumads in Cebu school dismissed for lack of evidence

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Updated as of May 15 02:40 AM

CEBU CITY (2nd UPDATE) — Charges against 7 individuals who were arrested following a raid at the University of San Carlos in Talamban, Cebu in February have been dismissed due to lack of evidence, a rights group said Friday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 25, 2021

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Posted at Feb 26 12:13 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Protesters join 35th People Power anniversary commemoration

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 06:30 PM

A protester holding a placard calling for the release of the so-called Lumad 26 passes in front of a row of policemen stationed at the People Power Monument along EDSA in Quezon City on Thursday as the country commemorates the 35th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Read more »

13 'rescued' Lumad minors brought to Davao del Norte, police say

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 11:05 PM

DAVAO CITY -- Thirteen minors who were allegedly rescued by police from the University of San Carlos retreat house in Cebu City belonging to the group of the Indigenous People of Talaingod, Davao del Norte arrived at Francisco Bangoy International Airport on Sunday evening. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 18, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:28 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Paglaya ng Lumad students, teachers na dinampot sa Cebu, hiniling

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 08:27 PM

Sabi ng isa sa mga Lumad teacher na si Rose Hayahay, may kinalaman ang nangyari sa Cebu sa iba pang isyu na tinitindigan ng mga Lumad at bakwit leaders.   Read more »

Supporters call for release of Lumad 26

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 08:12 PM

Members and supporters of the Save Our Schools Network protest at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City on Thursday and called for the release of the detained Lumad students and volunteer teachers rounded up by police and social workers at a university in Cebu City last February 15. Read more »

House leader puts up P500k legal defense fund for ‘rescued’ Lumads in Cebu; congressional probe sought

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 06:37 PM

Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero on Thursday said he would put up a legal defense fund for Lumad students and teachers whom lawmakers claimed were illegally detained following a raid at the University of San Carlos Talamban in Cebu. Read more »

CHR: Initial probe shows 'rescued' Lumad kids not kidnapped, indoctrinated

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:04 AM

The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas said Thursday that indigenous students who were supposedly rescued from a university in Cebu City were not kidnapped or indoctrinated with communist teaching, according to preliminary findings. Read more »

7 arrested in Cebu university raid face charges in Davao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 10:23 PM

The suspects are expected to file a counter complaint against the police officers involved in the raid. Read more »

Lumad teachers reject 'rescue operation' claim of police

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 11:21 PM

The Philippines' national security adviser claimed there was an arrest warrant involved in what authorities insist was a legitimate rescue of indigenous students from a university in Cebu province.  Read more »

Cops maintain no irregularity in 'rescue' of lumad kids inside Cebu school

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 11:50 AM

The police on Tuesday maintained there was no irregularity in the supposed rescue operation of members of an indigenous people’s group inside the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus in Cebu City.   Read more »

USC denies police claim of indigenous children combat training

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Updated as of Feb 16 12:50 PM

The University of San Carlos on Tuesday denied that the Archdiocese of Cebu-Commission on Social Advocacies (COSA) was involved in training indigenous children for combat as alleged by police. Read more »

Hontiveros calls for CHR probe into alleged rescue in Cebu school

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 09:56 AM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday said the Commission on Human Rights should look into the alleged rescue operation of students in a Lumad school inside a university campus in Cebu. Read more »

'No rescue needed': USC, SVD Philippines surprised by police operations in Lumad school

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 10:14 PM

MANILA - The University of San Carlos and the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) Philippines Southern Province said they were surprised at the presence of policemen during their "rescue operations" in a Lumad school housed inside the USC Talamban campus in Cebu.   Read more »

Rights groups umalma sa umano'y 'fake rescue ops' ng pulisya sa Lumad school sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 07:56 PM

Pumalag ang iba't ibang organisasyon nitong Lunes sa isinagawang "rescue operation" umano ng Philippine National Police sa Central Visayas sa isang paaralan ng mga 'bakwit' (evacuees) na Lumad sa Cebu City. Read more »