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REVIEW: Literature as Collective Memory: Reading ‘Mga Lumadnong Sugilanon...
TITLE: Mga Lumadnong Sugilanon nga Mahinuklogon AUTHOR: Melchor M. Morante Published by Aletheia Printing and Publishing House, Davao City Virtual book launch on 30 December 2020 at 4 p.m. KIDAPAWAN...
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UPPER RIGHT HAND: Vulnerabilities of Lumad Communities in Mindanao
KIDAPAWAN CITY (Mindanews/17 January) With the Philippine government’s all-out war against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), Lumad...
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Parent says Lumad children from DavNor “rescued” in Cebu weren’t kidnapped
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – One of the parents of 19 Lumad students who were “rescued” during a police operation from a “bawkit” school at the University of San Carlos (USC) in Balamban,...
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Move for BTA extension gets support from Lumads
LANTAPAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 9 March) – Drawing support from their years of friendship, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) asked the support of indigenous peoples as they seek for a...
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DSWD, police in Cebu defy court order to release Lumad child to her father
Despite the closure of the Salugpongan schools for the Lumads (Indigenous Peoples) in Mindanao, learning continues even in makeshift classrooms at the evacuation center in the United Church of Christ...
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The IP struggle continues as NCIP red-tags and bans use of “Lumad,” the...
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) – Lumad leaders and eminent Mindanawon scholars are questioning the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples’ (NCIP) resolution red-tagging and banning the use of...
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CBCP’s Commission on IPs protests NCIP’s resolution on ‘Lumad’
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the Indigenous People’s Apostolate (IPA) of Mindanao’s...
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ANALYSIS: Notes on the NCIP resolution on ‘Lumad’
(Presented by Dr. Augusto “Gus” Gatmaytan on 25 March 2021 during the roundtable discussion “What’s in a Name? Views from Anthropologists on ‘Lumad,’” the first of a two-part series triggered by the...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (1)
First of seven parts (Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between the years 1999 and 2000 to two major audiences — the Center for Media Freedom and...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (4)
Part 4 of 7: A Quick Historical Overview of the Resettlement Process in Mindanaw (Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between the years 1999 and...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (7)
Last of Seven Parts: The Tri-People Approach: Citizens’ Participation in Creating A Culture of Peace Rudy Buhay Rodil (Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author...
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5 rights activists sued for child abuse post bail in Davao
Tension escalated at the UCCP Haran compound along Fr. Selga Street in Davao City on Saturday , January 25, 2020, when alleged relatives of Lumad families from Kapalong and Talaingod, Davao del Norte...
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Massacre or Encounter? Surigao Bishop to join probe team on killing of 3...
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 17 June) – Bishop Raul Dael of the Diocese of Tandag in Surigao del Sur will join a provincial investigation team on Friday to look into the June 15 killing of three Lumad...
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I. 2015 The forest emerald faded and red the valley turned as embers devoured the commune The dawn cracked with bullets on the heads of two datus and a blade slashed Emok’s neck Wails echoed across...
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Films on Mount Apo and Marawi screening on Cinemalaya
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — The independent film festival Cinemalaya stages its 17th season with its second online festival from August 6 to September 5, featuring two award-winning Mindanawon...
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SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: NCIP: Poor, classy agency
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 02 September) – Back in 2005, the nongovernment organization I used to work with assisted the Bukidnon-Daraghuyan tribe in Malaybalay City in the processing of their...
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SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Protracted claims, delayed justice for the Lumad
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 4 October) – Some ancestral domain claims of Lumad in Bukidnon have been granted recognition by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). Among them are the...
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Davao falls short of daily target for 3-day vaccination drive
Davao City residents queue for Covid-19 vaccine at the People’s Park on November 29, 2021 during the kick-off of the Philippines’ intensive national vaccination program against the virus. Davao City...
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