By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today In a statement, Ka Sandawa, spokesperson of the NPA’s Zenaida Beron Command said a “military tribunal” meted out the standing order against Paulino ‘Jun’ Landim, Jr. last March 2 for his participation as “a military spy.” ...

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today The NPA’s ComVal North Davao South Agusan Sub-regional Command said a four-day suspension of military offensives will take effect Tuesday, February 19 to 22 in the towns of Kapalong, San Isidro, Asuncion and New Corella in Davao del Norte and in Laak, Compostela Valley. ...

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today The ceasefire coverage, Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesman of the NPA’s Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command said, is extended to other parts of their regional jurisdiction which are not directly hit by typhoon Pablo to help address the said crisis especially in the more than 24 towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental where over 33 percent of its “revolutionary forces” live and over a million of peasants, workers, lumads and ordinary poor are affected. ...

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today On Wednesday, Katribu, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, Kabataan Party-list, women’s organization Gabriela and Mapa  community leaders representing the evacuees joined together to stage a  picket-rally in front of the municipal hall of Magpet and called for the  immediate pull-out of all military troops in the municipality. ...

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Jorge Madlos, also known as Ka Oris, the spokesperson of the National Democratic Front-Mindanao said the move is an indication that Aquino has now clearly abandoned any pretense of peace overtures with the NDFP.  By harping peace on one hand and launching an attack on another, Madlos says Aquino engages in doublespeak. ...

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “The action was part of the continuing punitive measure being carried out by the NPA’s 1st Pulang Bagani Company against the 10th Infantry Division-Armed Forces of the Philippines to counter its atrocious methods of terrorizing the peasant and Lumad masses in Paquibato District, Davao City” -- Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesperson of the NPA’s Merardo Arce Command ...

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today NPA’s Ka Parago said the fatalities were “armed combatants of the 69th IB Special Operations Team, not defenseless functionaries or civilians falsely depicted by the AFP,” pointing out that the same Army unit is responsible for the recent summary execution of a hemp farmer, Mires Esdang, in Malabog village, Paquibato District last October 18. ...

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today In a recent psycho-social activity facilitated by the children’s rights advocacy group Children’s Rehabilitation Center, the two boys narrated their experience during their four-hour walk with soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion. ...

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