Prices of Basic Commodities in Davao Remain Stable
DAVAO CITY ? Despite the series of increases noted in the prices of petroleum products, the costs of basic and prime commodities in Davao City have remained stable, the Department…
Braga Raises Hell Over Sex Tabloid
By Cheryll D. Fiel davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY -- A tabloid circulated in this city got a beating at the City Council session early this week. Councilor Pilar Braga told the…
?State of War? Displaces, Terrorizes Hundreds
UCCP says soldiers desecrated churches in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Residents complain that they were used as guides by the soldiers in search of communist guerrillas. Military retorts that these allegations are mere ?insinuations.?
By Cheryll D. Fiel and Grace S. Uddin
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY ? Karapatan, the human-rights group, has accused the Philippine military of committing atrocities against civilians in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, in the course of retaliatory operations against the communist New People’s Army (NPA).
According to Karapatan and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, the military has imposed a curfew in Sta. Cruz, restricted the movement of the residents and workers, and harassed villagers by accusing them of being NPA members.
Early this week, Karapatan spokesman Kelly Delgado presented to the media some of the residents who were forced to flee due to the heavy military operations in their villages. The operations, he said, were in retaliation for the military?s recent skirmish with the communists.
Alfredo Tubale, a resident of Upper Langan, a hamlet in Sta. Cruz town, said his house was among those searched by soldiers in the guise of looking for wounded NPA guerrillas and firearms. “How could we have wounded rebels in our hands? We are not doctors,? Tubale told repoters. ?The wounded are usually brought to hospitals so the military should be looking there instead.?
UCCP Pastor Shot Dead in Oroquieta, Wife Injured
Groups denounce ?culture of impunity? against political activists, human-rights advocates and church people. 15 pastors, priests and lay church members killed under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. DAVAO CITY (mindanaotoday.com) ? A…
Hard Times
The hard times affect the poor the most. Thus, this driver in Juna Subdivision, Matina, make the most out of his tricycle by turning it into a mini-sari-sari store. (davaotoday.com…