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Honors
Police officers serve as pallbearers during burial ceremonies for slain Mayor Dario Otaza of Loreto, Agusan del Sur Wednesday morning (28 Oct. 2015) in Butuan City. Otaza and his son were abducted and...
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Across the ricefield
A young Lumad woman rides a horse across a ricefield in Molmol, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental. MindaNews photo by KARL GASPAR
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Spider Men
A man holds on to his opponent to prevent himself from falling in this scene during a game called spider boxing in Barangay San Vicente, Baungon town in Bukidnon on Thursday (Nov. 5, 2015). The game is...
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Lumad Beauties
Larabelle Caamulan (left), winner of the Laga ta Kitanglad 2015 contest, celebrates with Laga ta Kitanglad 2014 titlist Ana Marie Goayan in Brgy. San Vicente, Baungon, Bukidnon. Both are from Manolo...
View ArticlePEACETALK: Rethinking the Mindanao Divide
MELBOURNE, Australia (MindaNews/07 November) — In Mindanao aboriginality is distinguished between Lumad and Moro. The latter is a term derived from the English word, Moor, which the Spanish used to...
View ArticleInt’l probe body links Lumad killings, mil ops to mining interests in Surigao...
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 November) — The creation of paramilitary groups accused in the killing of Lumad leaders and ongoing military operations in Surigao del Sur are linked to the entry of...
View Article211 Mamanwas still afraid to go home
GIGAQUIT, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 7 Dec) – Afraid that they will be caught in a crossfire, at least 211 Mamanwas in 43 families are still seeking shelter in the lower areas in Sitio Banban,...
View ArticleArmed lumad group warns media from covering CPP anniversary
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Dec) – An alleged leader of the armed group Magahat Bagani Force warned journalists to refrain from covering the 47th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the...
View Article15-year old Lumad student killed in Talaingod
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 January) – A 15-year old Grade 3 student of the Salugpongan School in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, was killed Sunday reportedly by the paramilitary group, Alamara, the Save Our...
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Lumads to Task Force Davao chief: “We will set ourselves on fire to gain money?”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – A Lumad leader took to task the commander of Task Force Davao for claiming the February 24 dawn fire at the UCCP Haran compound that injured at least five...
View ArticleA SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Men and Women for Others
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 April) — I couldn’t help but feel nostalgic, sentimental and very much affirmed as I sat throughout the 2016 Commencement Exercises of the Ateneo de Davao University for...
View ArticleMalaybalay IP mandatory rep shot dead
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) – Umayamnon tribal leader Benjamin “Otto” Omao was shot dead past 8 a.m. today by three unidentified gunmen who posed as solicitors in his office at the Indigenous...
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‘Malacañang of the South’
The “Malacanang of the South,” located at the equipment yard of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Barangay Panacan, Davao City is undergoing a minor renovation in this photo taken Friday...
View ArticleNPA owns up killing of Lumad leader
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 July) — The New People’s Army’s 1st Pulang Bagani Battalion has owned up the killing of Lumad (Indigenous Peoples) leader Ruden Labawan of the Ata-tribe of Paquibato District...
View ArticleLawmaker lauds junking of kidnap raps vs Lumad supporters
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 July) – A progressive lawmaker lauded Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre for dismissing the charges of serious illegal detention and kidnapping against 15 human rights...
View ArticleResumption of GPH-NDF talks to address conflict between Lumad, military
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – The resumption of peace talks between government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) will help address the conflict between some of the Lumad and the military,...
View ArticlePEACETALK: Dear President Duterte
MANILA (MindaNews/24 July) — On July 18, 3,000 Mindanao Lumad, farmers, Moro, workers and activists embarked on a Manilakbayan (caravan) to take part in President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the...
View Article1 killed, 7 injured in Lumad wedding celebration
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/01 August) – A pregnant woman was killed while seven others were injured in a shooting incident during a Lumad wedding celebration in San Fernando, Bukidnon at around 9 a.m....
View Article10ID says soldiers did not encamp in Lumad school
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 August) – Soldiers did not occupy a Lumad school in a village in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley over the weekend, the 10th Infantry Division said in a statement Tuesday....
View ArticleLumad ‘bakwits’ in Surigao Sur to return home
SITIO HAN-AYAN, Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/02 Sept.) — Over 2000 Lumad evacuees at the Provincial Sports Complex in Tandag City were scheduled to return home on Saturday (Sept. 3), a...
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