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NOW: The camp of presidential bet Leody de Guzman is holding a press briefing following an incident where gunshots were heard during De Guzman's activity in Bukidnon. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno CONTEXT: rappler.com/nation/electio…

@jairojourno A member of De Guzman's team narrates the shooting incident. She says the shooting lasted for minutes. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno Senatorial bet Roy Cabonegro, an environmentalist, says the causes of the IPs living in Bukidnon province is close to his heart.

He says they have been helping the Manobo-Pulangiyon tribe. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno Cabonegro says the shots fired were not warning shots. He says the gun shots were directed at them. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno Cabonegro says the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples even held a meeting with the Manobo-Pulangiyon tribe yesterday but did not defend the IPs from the attacks earlier.

On Tuesday, De Guzman held a consultation with the tribe as part of his activities in Mindanao.

@jairojourno Senate bet David D'Angelo says he told the tribe to bring white flag to signal that they want a peaceful negotiations.

He also reinforces Cabonegro's statement that the gunmen aimed at them, and did not give warning shots. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno Cabonegro is now hitting the CHR. The Senate bet says documentation is not the mere job of the commission.

He says the commission should have been in the area to help the indigenous peoples.

Cabonegro proceeds in reiterating that NCIP should have been there too.

@jairojourno Pres'l bet De Guzman concurs with the statements of his Senate bets, and says the gunshots were not warning shots. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno De Guzman says the land-grabbers treated the indigenous peoples like 'pigs.'

He says the Manobo-Pulangiyon tribe were mercilessly attacked. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno De Guzman says gov't forces were in the area but did nothing to help the indigenous peoples.

He adds at least four children had died in the past years that the IPs were displaced from their ancestral lands. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno For context, close to a thousand families from Manobo-Pulangiyon tribe have been living in the backstreets of Bukidnon since their displacement from their ancestral land in 2017. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

READ: rappler.com/nation/displac…

@jairojourno Cabonegro requests the gov't to provide security for the Manobo-Pulangiyon tribe in Quezon town.

Cabonegro says Quezon town Mayor Pablo Lorenzo even joined the dialogues with the IPs yesterday. #PHVote #PHVoteDeGuzman #WeDecide | via @jairojourno

@jairojourno De Guzman says he cannot say if he was the target of shooting, although the person beside him was the first one to be shot.

"Puwede pong sabihin pero mahirap kumpirmahin." #PHVote #PHVoteDeGuzman #WeDecide | via @jairojourno