(a modified version of this article appeared here)
A
month after returning from a 40-day stay in the evacuation center at
the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Tandag, Surigao del Sur, students of
Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood
Development or ALCADEV eagerly start their disrupted classes anew
although a glint of apprehension is seen in their faces. At the
height of the military activities in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga,
Surigao del Sur which prompted indigeneous peoples' to evacuate in
July of this year, ALCADEV was maliciously branded by the 58th
– 401st
Brigade as front of CPP-NPA.
