Abducted Philippines pastor defends himself, says he was tortured
Below is a statement released by Pastor Berlin Guerrero, the UCCP priest abducted by government agents last week:
What does it take a government to have the nerve to abduct, torture, and terrorize my family on the basis of an old inciting to sedition case and a baseless murder charge?
Far more absurd is the accusation that I am the Secretary of the CPP Provincial committee in Cavite. This lie that they tried to extract from me by means of physical, mental and psychological torture and projecting me in public as a ?hand-gun and grenade carrying rebel.?
Asian scuba diving writers, photogs arriving in Davao
DAVAO CITY — Writers and photographers from different Asian scuba diving magazines are arriving here on June 4-5 to check the diving sites in Davao City and at the Island Garden City of Samal.
?They will be helping us to promote our diving sites through their different magazines,? said Wind and Wave Davao general manager Richard Agraba.
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Durian expected to flood Davao city
DAVAO CITY — The market will be flooded with Durian fruit with the forthcoming bumper harvest come August this year.
In an interview with SODACO officer Edgardo Lagman, he said that after the long dry spell SODACO is anticipating a tremendous increase in yield.
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USAid provides vital road link in Philippines province
Thanks to a partnership between the American people and the provincial government of North Cotabato, thousands of residents now have easier, safer, and faster access to markets to support their families? livelihood and ability to reach health care, education, and government centers.