NPA asks AFP to surface abducted cadres
NPA asks AFP to surface abducted cadres The Merardo Arce command-Southern Mindanao regional operations command of the New People's Army (NPA) strongly condemns the abduction of three NPA cadres of…
Captive soldier?s homecoming
By GRACE UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY--A day after 1Lt. Vicente P. Cammayo was released by the Communist New People?s Army, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the…
OFW kids greet New Year without Papa
By LORIE ANN CASCARO Davao Today DAVAO CITY?Jai-jai, an eight-month old baby, smiled at my camera. She seemed lighter now from the last time I saw her. Her mother, Marlin…
My father was tortured, says Ka Emong?s daughter
By GRACE S. UDDIN and GERMELINA LACORTE | Davao Today The daughter of the captive New People?s Army leader Regenaldo Alicaba, Sr. alias Ka Emong said her father could have been tortured during the early part of their ordeal in the hands of the armed men who took them away from their house in Panabo at half past midnight of January 18. His ears, his knees and feet were swollen, recalled Rizalyn Manguilimotan, 28, when he saw his father for the first time at the Eastern Mindanao Command?s headquarters on Camp Panacan.Read on.
Coping with the crisis in 2009: Back to basics
By IBON Media The global economic situation is expected to continue deteriorating until 2010 and even beyond, and the Philippines is going to be severely affected by the worsening crisis. Yet it is still possible to mitigate the effects on the country, and more importantly, to emerge from this period of crisis with a genuinely strengthening and forward-moving economy.Read on.