The story of Kababaihang Nagtataglay ng Bihirang Lakas (KNBL or Federation of Women Farmers in Davao) KNBL is a federation of thirteen women peasant organizations (POs) from the 3rd district of Davao City (Talomo and Calinan). Majority of its members are from indigenous people’s groups.
A week before welcoming the New Year, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte made it clear to the public that the city’s firecracker ordinance has no exemptions.
Ruby Samano, wife of Cpl. Benjamin Samano, is in tears when she was reunited with her husband who was held captive by the New People's Army after a raid at the compound of Sumifru in New Corella last December 2. (Johannes Realista Garado/davaotoday.com)
Members of the New People's Army sing the Internationale before the release of the "prisoners-of-war" Cpl. Benjamin Samano and Pfc. Alvin Ricarte. (Johannes Realista Garado/davaotoday.com)
It will be a merry Christmas, indeed, for the families of the eight prisoners-of-war (POWs) who were captured by the New Peoples' Army (NPA) from August to December this year as the National Democratic Front of the Philippines ordered their immediate release.