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“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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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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We thank Senator Cynthia A. Villar for admitting that she has direct conflict of interest with the passage of the National Land Use Act (NLUA). And we quote: “We are not the only company doing land conversion. Lahat ng developer, lahat ng nagtatayo ng factory, lahat ng nagtatayong commercial establishments,…

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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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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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May 22, 2018 “You enabled death from your inaction”: CJ group to SMPC on the death of security aide The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, strongly condemns the recent fatal incident that cost the life of a 23-year old employee at Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC). Last May 20,…

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By the Movement Against Tyranny May 23, 2018 On the first anniversary of the Marawi siege, the Movement Against Tyranny is calling on the President or Congress to lift martial law in Mindanao and allow Marawi and other parts of the island to pursue rehabilitation and development in a free,…

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By Manila Today Staff –        May 17, 2018 Apatnapu’t apat na manggagawa ng SLORD Development Corporation, tagamanupaktura ng mga produktong Uni-Pak, ang nawalan ng hanapbuhay noong Mayo 12. Ibinaba sa kanila ang isang memorandum na pinapirma sa kanila noong Sabado, isang araw matapos maglunsad ng walkout ang mga manggagawa para…

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