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[PODCAST] Making Space: Lumad schools face challenges after government-ordered closure
What challenges lie ahead for indigenous children in Mindanao after the government closed down 54 Lumad schools? Rius Valle of the Save Our Schools Network give us some answers.
WATCH: Lumad children want to be back in classrooms
Will students from indigenous communities be able to return to their schools now that martial law in Mindanao has been lifted?
Bayan Muna, Karapatan condemn ‘witch hunt’ vs Lumad evacuees in Davao City
Paramilitary group Alamara allegedly forcibly enters the UCCP Haran compound where Lumad evacuees have taken refuge since 2015
Caraga school focused on agriculture can help sustain Lumad communities
The students from indigenous communities are, however, displaced by mining operations and military attacks
Trauma haunts Lumad students after attacks on their community
The memory of being fired upon while in class follows almost 100 Lumad children, who have been evacuated from Mindanao to the University of the Philippines in Diliman
Alleged communist leaders arrested in Butuan City
But the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines says Melissa Comiso and Nore Torregosa are Lumad teachers and not New People's Army leaders
DepEd formally shuts down 55 Lumad schools in Davao
'This is a clear injustice faced by the 3,500 students and more than 30 teachers of the schools,' says Bayan Muna Representative Eufemia Cullamat
Lumad dictionary launched to help save indigenous language
The Manobo dictionary app not just aims to educate the Lumad but to empower them as well
De Lima wants Senate probe into closure of 55 Lumad schools
'There is need to isolate the culture-appropriate education of the Lumads from the so-called red-tagging of the government in order to avoid violating their constitutionally protected rights,'says Senator Leila de Lima
Makabayan bloc seeks probe into DepEd closure of 55 Lumad schools
The lawmakers accuse the Department of Education of violating the rights of the Lumad schools' administrators, teachers, staff, and students
DepEd orders temporary closure of 55 Lumad schools in Davao region
DepEd regional officials say the closure is based on the findings of an anti-insurgency task force, which alleged that the schools teach students to rebel against the government
Lumad rescued from 'slavery' in Pangasinan back home
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples will file human trafficking cases against the recruiters of the Lumad, and unfair labor practices against the 'abusive' employer
Lumad escape from 'slavery' in Pangasinan
Despite their exhausting work schedule, the Lumad say that they were not allowed to rest and were sometimes even physically abused
IN PHOTOS: Lumad Bakwit School's moving-up ceremony
With pride and gratitude, 30 Lumad students graduated from junior high school last March 29
Catamco: BOL will bring peace to lumad of North Cotabato
North Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco, a Manobo, says she actively participated in the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law to bring peace and development to lumad communities
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Lumad to Supreme Court: End attacks, end martial law
Teachers and students of alternative schools in Mindanao also ask the High Court to issue a cease and desist order against the military
Duterte says he'll 'hamlet' Lumad to keep them from NPA
President Rodrigo Duterte plans to keep indigenous peoples in 'hamlets' to be guarded by military and police
Lumad kids 'rescued' in Talaingod back with parents – DSWD
The Department of Social Welfare and Development says it has returned 12 of the 14 children in its custody to their parents after the Davao Regional Trial Court Branch 8 ordered it
DepEd says no closure order vs Lumad school
DepEd says the decision to close down the Salugpongan community learning center in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, was made by the community council
Duterte accuses Satur Ocampo, France Castro of endangering Lumad children
The accused – former and current party-list representatives – insist they were rescuing children from a food blockade imposed by the military and alleged attacks on Lumad schools in Davao del Norte
Satur Ocampo, France Castro say nothing illegal in 'humanitarian' mission
ACT Teachers Representative France Castro challenges Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde to visit Lumad schools, following his allegations these are being used for communist teachings
Lumad students 'rescued' in Talaingod to remain with DSWD
Police say, because the group of Satur Ocampo and Party-list Representative France Castro could not show proof of the consent of the parents, they were, in effect, 'trafficking' the 14 Lumad minors
Lumad boy shot by guard in Bukidnon
The details of the incident, which happened in Barangay Kawayan at around 7 am, remain scant
[OPINION] The Lumad are not the villains
Mocha Uson, you asked the Lumad to chant your President's name. Well here's my response: his name's not worth chanting.
Groups slam Uson for red-tagging Lumad rights organizations
One of the supposed Lumad at Mocha Uson's 'protest' at the University of the Philippines Diliman campus is linked to a paramilitary group, say Lumad rights advocates
Donate books, help Lumad students finish college
The Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao targets to complete a 3,000-book requirement by September 20, to get a permit from the Commission on Higher Education
Lumad groups urge government, NDF to continue peace talks
Datu Dulphing Ogan, secretary general of the Kalumaran organization, says indigenous peoples will benefit the most from the talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines as this will bring peace
Duterte to create task force on Lumad concerns – Dureza
The task force will be led by retired Colonel Allen Capuyan, who has been on leave from the Manila International Airport Authority since he was accused of facilitating smuggling and corruption in the Bureau of Customs last year
NCIP to ABS-CBN: 'Immediately rectify' portrayal of Bagani in teleserye
'The TV fantasy show distorts, misleads, and confuses rather than educates the Filipino TV viewers on the indigenous concept and term Bagani,' says National Commission on Indigenous Peoples chairperson Leonor Oralde-Quintayo
Another Lumad leader 'shot to death' in Surigao del Norte
Dakula Guillermo Tiambong, who had met with President Rodrigo Duterte in a Lumad summit, was killed by suspected members of the NPA, says the military
Ata leaders warn NPA of tribal war
Datu Roel Arthur Ali, chairman of the Supreme Tribal Council for Peace and Development (STCPD), says Lumad leaders are clamoring for a pangayaw – a local term for tribal war, after the death of Datu Banandjao Mampaundag and his son
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HRW calls for end to 'government abuses' in indigenous communities
'Government plans to improve the lives of the Lumad are unlikely to succeed so long as indigenous communities live in fear of violence, exploitation, and abuse,' says Human Rights Watch's Carlos Conde
CHR: Ancestral lands of indigenous peoples 'sacred' and protected by law
The Commission on Human Rights reminds the government that any development plans on ancestral domains, including opening them to investors, should take into consideration the rights of indigenous peoples as enshrined in the law
Duterte to consult with Lumad on use of ancestral lands
Malacañang says indigenous peoples can refuse any plan to relocate them from their ancestral domain
Lumad father and son 'shot to death' in Davao del Norte
A Lumad father and his son were 'shot to death' inside their house in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, the military says
UP student groups vow bigger protests vs Duterte gov't
Progressive groups based at the state university are gearing for a bigger protest on Friday, February 23
Lumad group hits Duterte's plan for ancestral domains
This comes after President Rodrigo Duterte said he will search for investors to help generate wealth in ancestral domains
Duterte threatens protesting UP students: I'll let Lumad take your slots
Duterte means he would give away the privileges of students who kept 'walking out,' a known expression of protest which UP students have taken against state policies, including tuition fee increases
Duterte tells Lumad leaders to prepare for relocation
The Lumad will be relocated to temporary shelters that will be modeled after those units the government built in Lanao del Sur for the evacuees from the war-torn Marawi City, the President says
Duterte to find investors for ancestral domains
Duterte, who is aware this idea could spark controversy among the Lumad, tells the leaders opening these areas to investors would be a way for them to generate wealth
Agnes Callamard backs two Filipino UN experts hit by Malacañang
United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Agnes Callamard defends fellow experts Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Cecilia Jimenez-Damary
Displaced indigenous students bid farewell after 5 months in Metro Manila
Save our Schools Network urges the President to withdraw all government forces from indigenous peoples communities and lift the extended implementation of martial law
Legarda seeks justice for 8 Lumad killed in South Cotabato
Senator Loren Legarda calls for an investigation into Lumad deaths in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, allegedly at the hands of the military
Suspected NPA members murder Lumad leader in Davao del Norte
Datu Benandao Maugan, 59, has reportedly refused the communist fighters' demands over the years in his sitio in Kapalong, Davao del Norte
War in paradise in the time of Duterte
'It is a war waged from ridge to reef where bullets and bombs constantly rain on the rural villages standing in the way of big mining operations, plantations, and other destructive projects'
Briones holds dialogue with leaders of IP communities
(UPDATED) IP leaders from Kalinga, Pampanga, Rizal, Tacloban City, Bukidnon, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Sur, and South Cotabato, sit down with Education Secretary Leonor Briones for a two-hour meeting
Activists heckle Briones over Lumad schools issue
(UPDATED) Confronted in an open forum, Education Secretary Leonor Briones says activists are barking up the wrong tree when they blame DepEd for the bombing of schools in indigenous communities
