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OPINION: Vilification campaigns prelude to attacks against priests, activists

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Posted at Feb 01 07:31 PM

While Pres. Duterte has verbally attacked bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, the brunt of physical assaults have been felt by the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and their grassroots colleagues. Read more »

OPINION: ‘NPA capture’ claims grow bizarre, killings more brazen

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Posted at Jan 30 01:42 PM

The Philippine National Police doesn't even care anymore if it looks or sounds ridiculous.   Read more »

Lumad students protest red tagging

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 06:03 PM

Lumad students protest in front of the House of Representatives against attempts to brand their school as a communist front. Read more »

Safe space for Lumad students

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 03:17 AM

Students, faculty and school administrators from UP-Diliman welcome hundreds of Lumads from various communities in Mindanao through a "Salubungan" Saturday.  Read more »

Mindanao Lumads file 4th petition vs Mindanao martial law extension

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 04:29 PM

A group of Lumad teachers and a student from Mindanao filed on Wednesday the fourth petition questioning the extension of martial law in southern Philippines. Read more »

Mga buto ng pinatay na lumad, nahukay sa Davao del Norte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 03:24 AM

DAVAO DEL NORTE- Pinuntahan ng mga awtoridad Lunes ng umaga ang lugar kung saan inilibing ang isang lumad na pinatay umano ng New People's Army (NPA) sa Talaingod, Davao Del Norte,   Read more »

Schools network hits PH military claim of communist recruitment in schools for indigenous students

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 12:01 PM

A schools network slammed the military for claiming schools for indigenous students are used to recruit communist rebels. Read more »

Some Lumad leaders call for Red-tagged schools' shutdown

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 04:31 PM

Some tribal leaders on Thursday urged the government to shut down learning centers that were allegedly used by communist rebels to recruit youth in the south. Read more »

Philippine radio station tunes into indigenous land rights

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Dec 06 07:27 AM

A community radio station in the Philippines is drawing attention to the struggles of indigenous Lumad people, whose rights to ancestral land and resources are increasingly under threat from industrialization. Read more »

Kaso vs France Castro, kinondena ng ilang guro

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 12:52 AM

Ito'y kaugnay ng pagsama nila ng mga batang lumad sa Davao del Norte. Read more »

DepEd says no closure order for IP schools in Davao region

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 08:57 PM

MANILA - The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday said it did not order the closure of any school serving indigenous peoples in the Davao region.   Read more »

Lagman to oppose Mindanao martial law extension before SC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 09:20 AM

An opposition lawmaker said Tuesday he will question before the Supreme Court any official proposal to extend martial law in Mindanao.  Read more »

Duterte says Satur endangered Lumad kids’ lives

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 08:22 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday slammed former Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo, saying the latter was guilty of kidnapping and endangering the lives of Lumad children. Read more »

AFP chief says Ocampo, Castro are 'active' Reds

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 04:53 PM

Former lawmaker Satur Ocampo and ACT Teachers Rep. Lustina Francisca Castro are "active" members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the chief of staff of the Philippine military said Monday. Read more »

Satur went to Lumad school without permission, says governor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 02:16 PM

MANILA - Davao del Norte Governor Anthony Del Rosario said the group of Leftist leader Satur Ocampo was stopped at a checkpoint in Talaingod town because they went to the Salugpongan Lumad school without his consent. Read more »

ACT Teachers solon denies teaching Lumad kids to fight gov't

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 09:15 AM

ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro, former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and 16 other were arrested last week over the alleged kidnapping of students at a Lumad school in Talaingod town. Read more »

Kampo nina Satur Ocampo, balak magkaso vs AFP, PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 06:52 PM

Nanindigan sina dating Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo at ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro na humanitarian mission ang pakay nila sa Lumad schools sa Davao del Norte. Read more »

Castro dares Albayalde to visit Lumad schools

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 05:49 PM

A lawmaker who was earlier arrested and detained for alleged kidnapping in Davao del Norte dared the Philippine National Police chief to personally observe the activities in a Lumad school. Read more »

Police tried to defy court order on release of Satur Ocampo's group: Zarate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 05:18 PM

Police authorities tried to defy a court's order to release former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and his group on bail in Davao del Norte last Saturday, a lawmaker claimed. Read more »

Solon slams 'lack of due process' in arrest of Satur Ocampo's group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 03:08 PM

A Leftist lawmaker rejected Malacañang's claim that due process was observed in the arrest of former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo in Davao del Norte. Read more »