More tribal leaders speak up vs. abuses in Salugpungan school

Manila, April 18 -- Another group of tribal leaders in Mindanao reached out to the government for the shutdown of a left-leaning local school in Calinan, Davao City.

Sitio Kahusayan Datu George Mandahay, on Tuesday, expressed the need to shut down Salugpungan Ta'tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center, Inc. as parents have ruled out sending their children to the supposed learning center on suspicion that it is teaching them to rebel against the government.

Slow process

In a press interview in Davao City, Mandahay said the Department of Education (DepEd) follows a slow process on removing the rights of the school to operate on the territories of the tribal groups in Mindanao.

"Tungod kay dugay pa man ang proseso nga ginasunod sa DepEd u...