Unidentified armed killed in ambush on Wednesday the mayor of the Bukidnon town of Impasug-ong, after he went on an out-of-town mission to deliver relief and medical mission.
Author Archives: JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Police Superintendent Leonardo Felonia (rear, gray shirt), head of the Regional Intelligence Unit submitted himself to the National Bureau of Investigation with the help of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to clear his name after it was mentioned by a suspect in the killing of businessman Richard King last June 12. (John Rizle Saligumba/davaotoday.com)
“They made us guide them to where the NPA rebels are posting. They did not allow us to refuse,” said Pedro in vernacular. “I asked them if we will be put to danger, they said they are not sure and that would depend on whether the NPAs hit us.”
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte urged New People’s Army guerillas to “bury your guns, or hang it on a tree” and engage into a joint business venture with a Malaysian and Thai entity that is looking for a 100,000-hectare area to plant oil palm and sesame seeds plantation.
Lack of standard safety equipment and a union to fight for the workers’ safety highlighted the recent incident that killed a coconut manufacturing worker and injured six others here.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte wants strict supervision of the police on the operation of the civilian “auxiliary police” to counter akyat bahay (burglars) to avoid abuse and “colored partisan politics.”
Teachers slammed the failure of the government’s decongestion program for public schools.
A worker was killed while seven others sustained burn injuries on Friday after an explosion occurred inside a coconut processing company in Barangay Ma-a here.
Laak town Mayor Reynaldo Navarro was declared dead-on-arrival in a private hospital after his convoy was attacked this morning in Asuncion, Davao del Norte.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he was at first hesitant to help a soldier recently held by the New People’s Army when he learned that the Prisoner of War (POW) was involved in illegal logging and drug use.
