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By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Yes, that’s how many citizens of various countries, enmeshed in varying degrees and types of armed conflicts, have been displaced thus far – either internally (within their homelands) or forced to seek asylum/refuge in other countries. (In the Philippines, we’ve had numerous, repeated incidences…

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective One of the multi-awarded reporters of a major media conglomerate interviewed on national television the head of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Leonor T. Oralde-Quintayo regarding the spate of killings of Lumads in Mindanao. But she began the segment by saying, “groups with conflicting ideologies” have been recruiting Lumads…

By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A petite young mother, Bebeth Calinawan Enriquez had been through hell. In April, Bebeth, her husband and their five children were among the 34 Mamanwa families who left their homes in Palidan, Mahaba, Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte for fear of soldiers who have encamped in their community. In…