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Deputy Speaker Michael Romero on Wednesday proposed a pact between state security forces and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to prevent illegal operations against Lumad schools. ....
May 20, 2021 A NON-GOVERNMENT organization (NGO) is calling anew for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) after its spokesperson Lorraine Badoy launches another threat to pursue the case against Bakwit School 7, whose charges were recently dismissed. Badoy said in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, May 18, 2021, that they will assist the Lumad parents, whose children were reportedly kidnapped and brought to the retreat house of the Societas Verbi Divini Philippines Southern Province, University of San Carlos-Talamban campus in Cebu City, to file a motion for reconsideration. Wag sila masyadong magdidiwang kasi butas na butas sila dito (They should not celebrate just yet because we noticed many loopholes here), the NTF-Elcac official said. ....
HRW urges Philippine authorities to stop harassing IPs after Cebu City police raid Published February 18, 2021 10:28am Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Philippine authorities to stop harassing indigenous peoples with baseless allegations as it denounced the recent police raid in a temporary school for displaced indigenous peoples in Cebu City. In a statement, HRW researcher Carlos H. Conde called on authorities to release those wrongfully arrested in the raid and ensure the children are reunited with their families. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said the 19 minors belonging to the Manobo tribe were rescued from communist rebels in a retreat house at the University of San Carlos. ....
SunStar Kidnapping, other charges filed against 2 teachers, 5 Lumads CEBU. Investigators from the Commission on Human Rights Central Visayas (CHR 7) meet with the parents of some of the Lumad children who attended the Bakwit School in the University of San Carlos Talamban campus. / BENJIE TALISIC + February 18, 2021 CHARGES of kidnapping, serious illegal detention and qualified trafficking in persons were filed online Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, against two Bakwit School teachers, three adult Lumad students and two Lumad elders. The charges were filed by the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) before the Davao del Norte Provincial Prosecutors’ Office in Tagum City during virtual inquest proceedings held via Zoom videoconferencing app at the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO 7) Wednesday. ....
SunStar Photo by Benjie Talisic February 16, 2021 THE Save Our Schools (SOS) Network Cebu called on the police for the immediate release of the 26 indigenous individuals 22 students, two teachers, and two elders who were allegedly arrested at the University of San Carlos (USC) retreat house on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The group made this call during a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 16. “The SOS Network Cebu, which is composed of different civil and cause-oriented organizations, church-based groups, academic institutions, and other supporting organizations, vehemently condemned the raid and arrest yesterday,” the group said. RELATED STORIES Regletto Imbong, convener of the SOS Network Cebu said: ....