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Lumads ask Army and NPA to leave them alone

A group called Lumad Mindanao, which claims to represent 33 tribes from Mindanao, asks the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New People’s Army not to drag them to their propaganda as their people have been suffering because of the conflict. Photo by Frances Mangosing Inquirer Nov.4, 2015 TAGUM CITY—Two months after the paramilitary […]

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Nov. 2 is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

ILIGAN CITY — The Philippines is among the four countries throughout the world that is the focus of this year’s global campaign by freedom of expression advocates against impunity on the killing of journalists. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a global organization representing some 300,000 journalists, in a statement said its annual campaign,

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Filipina gets UN posting

UN appoints Filipina as oversight chief The United Nations General Assembly recently appointed Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Heidi S. Mendoza as Undersecretary General of the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Mendoza is the first Filipino ever to be appointed as Under-Secretary General in the UN Secretariat, says the Philippines’ Department of Foreign

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Lumads march against Canadian mining companies

By Hilary Beaumont Vice News October 28, 2015 Hundreds of sombre indigenous protesters marched through the dark streets of Manila Sunday nightafter travelling for days to the Philippine capital. They held banners and signs calling on the government to end the escalating violence and killings of Lumads in the mineral-rich southern Mindanao region. The Lumads,

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