MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 372
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Fri-Sat, December 18-19, 2020
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LGUs urged to create ‘Brgy Disiplina Brigade’
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HE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-10 urges local government units (LGUs) to further enforce the implementation of the minimum public health standards by creating the ‘Barangay Disiplina Brigade.’
The brigades are volunteers and will be under the supervision of the barangay chairman. They will receive no compensation for their public service. The brigades together See DISIPLINA, page 11
Ancestral domain claim main cause of killings of ‘lumad’ leaders By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The assertion of the indigenous peoples’ communities in Mindanao, particularly in Bukidnon, on their ancestral domain has become the main cause of the continued killings of tribal leaders, an IP advocate said Tuesday. Datu Erwin Marte, a member of the Tagoloanon tribe in Bukidnon and an IP rights advocate, said the killings are mostly due to land dispute involving tribal communities and non-IP Tribal people from Bukidnon join the National Indigenous Peoples Virtual Summit held at the Cooperative Development Authority regional office in Cagayan de Oro on Tues- entities. day. The tribal communities have asked the government in their fight to stop lumad The latest victims of this violent attacks on ‘lumad’ killings and land-grabbing in Bukidnon. photo by gerry lee gorit
leaders were Datu Winefredo Sumael, 75, and Datu Raffy Alim, 28. A police report said Sumael and Alim were on their way to an elders’ meeting in Kadingilan town in Bukidnon when two still unidentified assailants waylaid them in Purok 2, Barangay Old Nongnongan, Don Carlos town, Bukidnon, Sunday (Dec. 13) afternoon. Maj. Harvey Sanchez, Don Carlos police chief, said the victims were on board a motorcycle from Barangay Pualas in Don Carleo when See LUMAD, page 11
Mayor Sandigan MPOS engages youth in peacebuilding, extends aid conflict transformation MISAMIS ORIENTALto victims of Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) conmortar blast ducted its 1st Bangsamoro By ASANGAN T. MADALE
DATU SALIBO, Maguindanao --- Mayor Solaiman Sandigan of this town has extended aid to the wounded civilian victims of mortar attack Sunday night, December 13, 2020. Six residents of Datu Salibo, three of them minors, got hurt in the mortar ASSESSMENT. Datu Salibo Mayor Sandigan personally visited the house where the blast took place and assessed blast which took place in the damages brought by the mortar attack on Sunday, Barangay Sambolawan. Participants from North Cotabato on one of their preDecember 13.
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Peace Promotion Fellowship dubbed “iMPOSing Peace” to the youth in remote and vulnerable conflict-affected areas in five (5) provinces, including special geographic area and communities outside the Bangsamoro region. Fifty (50) youths participated in the activity on Dec. 15-17, 2020 at Kinason Resort, Initao in Misamis See YOUTH, page 11