We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic A Lumad Widow’s Story Jocelyn Campos, the widow of Dionel Campos, one of the three Lumads allegedly killed by paramilitary groups in Diatagon Village in Lianga, Surigao del Sur, on life of Lumads and Lumad killings. Indigenous Women Struggle with the Bangsamoro Basic Law Fintailan Leonora Mokudev, a member of the Teduray tribe in Maguindanao, has a different take on women’s empowerment among indigenous peoples (IPs) and Lumads or non-Muslim IP groups. In Datu Unsay, teachers turn into grade school students during Ramadhan DATU UNSAY, Maguindanao— For a month now, teachers of Datu Unsay Elementary School (DUES) in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, have been both teachers and students because they study Arabic after teaching hours. Maguindanao government, Philippine Army build Islamic school in former BIFF area SALIPADA K. PENDATUN, Maguindanao – More than a hundred young children by the roadside amidst rice fields chanted and waved little flags as Army troopers and provincial officials arrived in the village of Kulasi. MILF fighters turn over 75 firearms President Benigno Aquino III and other officials witnessed the June 16 turnover of the 75 firearms and the decommissioning of 145 MILF members as mandated by the Annex on Normalization of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro. .5M people benefit from multi-donor program for conflict-torn areas in Mindanao Some 500,000 people in 214 conflict-affected villages in Mindanao have been reached by a multi-donor program in support of the peace process since 2006. Pregnant mom recalls ordeal in Wao strafing WAO, Lanao Del Sur — A pregnant woman here thought she would not survive a strafing incident in her community during the early hours of April 25. ‘Women’s Voices’ in Conflict: A photo documentary from the lenses of campus journalists Students share their thoughts on the armed conflict and peace negotiations in Mindanao. Maguindanao evacuees lament hardships of displacement Accounts of civilians displaced because of the military offensives against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
