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Two armed men in civilian clothes stopped them on the road and fired at them. Beverly sustained seven gunshot wounds, while her daughter was hit on the arm.
"Sa loob ng dalawang taon ay eto na at tatanggapin na natin ang simbolo bilang magsisipagtapos. Sa lahat ng mga kahirapan at katuwaan, krisis, kabiguan ay narating din natin."
MANILA -- Christmas is just around the corner and in the spirit of giving, students from different schools in Metro Manila came together on Dec. 20 to bring Christmas cheer for more than 100 Lumad children who are staying at the UP Diliman Stud Farm in Quezon City....
Lumad students and their teachers are still camped out at the Department of Education central office in Pasig City.
“It’s one of our initiatives to ensure that children continue to learn while demanding immediate action from the government.”
Stories of courage and perseverance of Lumad students and teachers poured out at the gathering.
“We are appealing to the public, as well as the international community to unite and defend Lumad schools in Mindanao.”
The deployment of more than 60 percent of the total number of AFP troops in (Mindanao) has resulted in massive militarization in rural communities, particularly the indigenous people’s ancestral domain… The pervasiveness of the AFP and its paramilitary groups in...
In Sultan Kudarat, the town mayor, the police and some local govt agencies are bringing the military's counter-insurgency operations to IP schools, forcingout of school over a thousand Dulangan Manobo students.
“There was a part when the children went down from the stage and gave us their medals, as they were singing. I could not help but cry, I think all of us parents did.”
School Profile 3: Salugpungan Ta’ tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center, Compostela Valley, 5 Nob. 2015 Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com May limang guro sa Ta’ tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center, at ang pinakasenior rito ay si Artemia Olivar, edad 54....
School Profile 2: Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao, Tagum City, Davao Del Norte, 4 Nob. 2015 Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Nang magbukas ang Community Technical College of Southern Mindanao (CTCSM) noong Hunyo 2015, may 37 mag-aaral sa...
School Profile 1: Misfi (Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Inc.), Makilala, Baranggay Kisante, North Cotabato, 4 Nob. 2015 Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Isang bus na byahe na mga dalawang oras ang layo ng Misfi school sa Makilala, North Cotabato. Sa...
“We bring home victory: the support of a broad range of people to the people’s resistance in Mindanao, which is also the Filipino people’s struggle.”
“I was accompanying 36 students of the Misfi academy when this happened. They also brought the students with me. We were interrogated.”
“We are here not because we pity you, we are here because you have human rights.”
“What’s at stake here is the Lumad schools, the heritage, the yutang kabilin (ancestral land). The Lumad must survive.” -- UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan
There have been 95 cases of attacks on schools by soldiers and paramilitary groups.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “Mindanao is no longer home for the Higaonons, for the B’laans, Ata Manobos and other indigenous people. Their leaders are either killed by the military and paramilitary groups or slapped with trumped-up...
Some Lumad schools may not be able to start classes on June 1, with soldiers encamped in the area.
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