“Justice and respect to our rights must be given to us and not the military carrying chairs who deprived us to learn.” CAGAYAN DE ORO — Soldiers were praised after they trekked the mountainous terrain of Talaingod, Davao del Norte, to deliver school chairs for Lumad children. However, for Lala Empong, a young Lumad victimized by closure of Indigenous schools in Mindanao, the entry of the Philippine Army’s 60th Infantry Battalion is an “insult” t…
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