Yearly Archives: 2008

Prisoners of war accorded humane treatment while under custodial investigation

Two prisoners of war (POWs) are recently held by a unit of the Conrado Heredia Command-Front 20 Operations Command of the New People's Army. Sgt. Napoleon P. Gerasmio of the…

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Roadblocks fail to stop protesting Davao workers

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

On their way to Davao city, workers from the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte braved road inspections, 'surprise checkpoints' before they were able to join the Labor Day rally to express their demands for the P125 across-the-board wage increase, for government to bring down prices of basic commodities, including rice.

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A young boy joins a protest calling for food security. The leftist group Bayan says low supply of affordable rice is the result of land conversion. It calls for the immediate implementation of the Republic Act 7581or Price Act of 1992 and the legislation and approval of the Genuine Agrarian Reform Law. The Farmers Association of Davao City (FADC) also joined the picket outside the regional office of the Department of Agriculture against the high prices of rice and basic commodities. Farmers blame President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the rice crisis that is currently plaguing the country. Click here for more photos. (davaotoday.com photos by Jonald Mahinay)

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Farmers fear troop deployment in Baganga, New Bataan and Compostela towns

Karapatan-Southern Mindanao said that military operations in the boundary towns of Baganga, Davao Oriental, New Bataan and Compostela, Compostela Valley are displacing farmer-residents in the area. On an April 17…

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