NPAs unfazed by soldier imports from Luzon

By GERMELINA LACORTE
Cardeno’s unexplained death while working for the US troops in February and the death of the Philippine Army officer a month later have renewed calls among militant groups to junk the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the US and the Philippines.

By CJ KUIZON
After former House Speaker Prospero Nograles lost in the last elections, barangay captains supporting him have stopped recruiting scholars for Nograles’ Oplan Kaalam program.

By GERMELINA LACORTE
Groups catering to the financing needs of the poorest of the poor admitted having a hard time bringing their services to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) because of the high risk and the high cost it entails.

By DAISY C. GONZALES, MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN and JOSE B. HERNANI
The renewed tension in Mt. Diwata springs from the government’s plan to bid the high-grade gold veins beneath the populated 729-hectare gold rush area to mining giants.

By GERMELINA LACORTE
Davao City’s first woman mayor and the youngest to have been elected to the post finally took her oath of office Monday morning, switching role with her father, the incoming vice mayor, and ushering in another era of the Duterte’s unquestioned rule in the city.

By CJ KUIZON
Pagbabago Mindanao People’s Movement for Change presented a six-point program that they hope incoming President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III will prioritize during his first 100 days in office.

By GRACE S. UDDIN
Representatives of both the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) are hoping that the stalled peace talks between the government and the Communist rebels will resume under the new administration of President-elect Benigno Aquino III.