By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Four years ago, William Bugatti, a Cordilleran human rights worker, was shot dead by suspected elements of the 86th Infantry Battalion after attending a hearing of political prisoners in Ifugao. Last March 2, another environmental and indigenous people’s rights activist was murdered. Ricardo Mayumi, 52, was shot dead by…
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Ifugao farmers want military out of their villages
By BRANDON LEE Northern Dispatch LAGAWE, Ifugao — Members of the Ifugao Peasant Movement (IPM) complained of military presene in their villages during a dialogue with Governor Eugene Balitang, May 24. Modesto Hangoy, a farmer from Gumhang, Tinoc said soldiers occupied the public school compound. He added that soldiers removed a poster of the United…