English - Balay Mindanaw

LUMADNONG PAGKINABUHI NGADTO SA KALINAWNPA versus Higaunon datusThe NPA rebels, through their commander, summonedthe datus in Likat, Kipunay in Barangay Eureka of GingoogCity. There were talks of something bad that might happenbecause they were invited for a singampo. A datu namedManduklita Manbinungkas did not attend because hewas suspicious of the motive. The datus were instructednot to bring any weapons with them because they weresupposedly only going to do a singampo. The datus weretold to stay close to each other, and suddenly they weresprayed with bullets. Eighteen Higaunon datus were killedin that incident.It all started with a certain Higaunon datu who fed the NPAfalse information, telling the rebels his land was reportedlytaken by the datus. This infuriated the rebels, hence theyfooled the datus into attending a singampo where they mettheir death.Amay Mantangkilan, together with other datus, conducteda singampo to finally end the conflict as well as the negativefeelings attached to that incident.Land and Resources ConflictsLand is a very precious possession among the Higaunons.The datus in this case considered the conflict over a piece ofland as makagaba, meaning something bad could befall on theparties involved.Datu Manlucina or Julio Naabot Cumatang.Nado versus LinisayNado and Linisay quarreled over the boundary of theirlands. Nado’s brothers went to see Datu Manlucina and Amay134