24 October 2016 Press Release HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS & VOLUNTEERS HARASSED BY THE MILITARY IN NUEVA VISCAYA In the wake of Typhoon Karen and Supertyphoon Lawin, #CDRC regional partner Alay-Bayan Luson Inc. (ABI) reported that yesterday, 23 October, two of its staff returned from Barangay Pelaway, Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Viscaya with the disturbing news that...
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BUKAS NA LIHAM KAY PANGULONG RODRIGO DUTERTE AT DSWD SECRETARY JUDY TAGUIWALO
23 October 2016 – Our regional center Alay Bayan-Luson, Inc. (ABI) which had their hands full this past week with emergency response and relief operations due to both typhoon Karen (international name: Sarika) and super typhoon Lawin (international name: Haima) affecting their areas, sends an open letter to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte and Department of Social Welfare...
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Appeal for Support For Internally Displaced Lumads in Surigao del Sur
More than two thousand Lumads are taking refuge in Tandag City Sports Complex as they were forced to flee from their homes and source of livelihood out of fear from the intensified military and paramilitary attacks in their communities. These people are members of a Lumad organization called the Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU) protesting mining operations, land...
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Attacks on Mindanao Lumad schools and communities intensify as Aquino’s military goes berserk for Oplan Bayanihan
This statement is issued by the Save Our Schools Network. Statement September 4, 2015 The last year of the Benigno S. Aquino presidency has meant a bloodbath for indigenous peoples and for Lumad education, two months after his State of the Nation Address where he gloated of figures that have purportedly addressed classroom shortages and increased...