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“You can die anytime” report on summary executions launched in Davao City; 906 cases in a decade
DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) — A farmer last seen beaten and forcibly taken allegedly by soldiers on July 4 is missing, according to the human rights group Karapatan.
Witnesses saw Alvin Lopez, 25, a farmer and resident of sitio Maot, Barangay San Jose in Monkayo town of Compostela Valley Province hogtied, and forced into a military vehicle during a military operation. Alvin’s mother, Erlinda, 46, sought Karapatan’s help to locate his son. She filed a complaint Tuesday before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the region against the military’s 26th Infantry Battalion based in the area. Read on.
NO SPACE FOR RENT. A street urchin finds a comfortable spot outside a fastfood store in downtown Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo)
MONEY FROM TRASH. Handmade products made by women inmates of Davao City Jail on display during the 9th Recyclable Collection Event at SM Entertainment Centre on Tuesday. The event was organized by City Government of Davao, Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and SM Davao. (photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
SLEEP BABY, SLEEP. Racma Jehna tries to put her eight month old grandson, Datu Gumbay, to sleep amid the noise in the Datu Gumbay Elementary School in Datu Piang. Maguindanao. Fleeing home because of the fighting, Racma and her grandson have taken refuge in the school — their “home” for the past ten months, where her grandson, Datu Gumbay, was born. (MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo)
HOLD. Soldiers guard a nine-van convoy of journalists after stopping them at an army checkpoint in Barangay Bagan, Guindulungan town in Maguindanao Tuesday morning.The journalists were held for nearly an hour. (MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo)
ORPHANED. Dr. Rogelio Peeras daughter says goodbye for the last time. The Davao City epidemiologist was gunned down last week on his way home after fetching her from school. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
Grieving officemates and friends are calling for justice over the doctor’s untimely death. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DAVAO MEDIA AGAINST REPLY BILL. Calling the Right of Reply Bill (RORB) an anathema to press freedom and free expression, Davao media unite to fight the passing of the bill, now on second reading in Congress. NUJP-Davao calls the bill an act of terrorism against the independent Philippine press. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
