Groups Call for Probe on Marines’ ‘Role’ in Jolo Blast
DAVAO CITY ? The Mindanao PeaceWeavers, a group of peace advocates from civil society in Mindanao, is calling for an impartial investigation into reports that members of the Philippine Marines…
Breaking News: Explosion in Digos City Bus Injures 17 Passengers
DAVAO CITY ? A bomb exploded shortly before lunch on Wednesday inside a passenger bus in Digos City, south of this city, injuring 17 people, authorities said. The bombing of…
City Council Demands Due Process for ?Batasan 5,? Beltran
By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY ? The City Council approved on Tuesday a resolution supporting the plea by Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla to Malaca?ang requesting due process for the so-called ?Batasan 5.?
Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, the proponent of the resolution, said it was just right for Capalla to do what he did. ?We would always ask for due process to take its own course, regardless of who the subjects are,? Dayanghirang said.
In Makilala, Unsolved Deaths Haunt Villagers
Three armed men whose faces were covered with bonnets and shawls entered the house at around one in the morning. ?They awakened us by pointing their flashlights to our faces,? Gabi, an 18-year-old resident, said. The intruders wore what looked like military boots. ?They were searching for somebody,? she said. ?When they saw Jay, they dragged him outside the house.?
Members of the fact-finding team led by Karapatan on their way to the house of Salvador Dante Jr., a murder victim in Makilala, North Cotabato. (Contributed photo)
By Marilou Aguirre
davaotoday.com
MAKILALA, North Cotabato ? The sound of gunshots sent Marcelo Heruela looking for his friend Salvador Dante Jr., who had left his house minutes earlier.
?Some of my neighbors told me that the gunshots sounded like these came from near his house,? Heruela, a 37-year-old ?skylab? (passenger motorcycle) driver said.
Along with some neighbors, Heruela searched the road leading to Dante?s house. About 50 meters from the house, they saw Dante, slumped in the grass, dead.
The Feb. 3 killing of Dante, a 40-year-old peasant and ?skylab? driver from sitio (hamlet) Conception, barangay (village) Kisante, this town, remains a puzzle to both his family and neighbors.
AFP Challenges Militants
Below is a statement released on March 22 by the AFP to refute allegations that it was behind the killings of political activists: The AFP welcomes the militants to go…