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Read more about the article NPA declares “POW” status for captured village officials, militiamen
ON GUARD. A member of the New People’s Army Rhyme Petalcorin Command stands guard during the release of Police Officer 3 Ruben Nojapa, Jr. Tuesday in Mawab, Compostela Valley. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

NPA declares “POW” status for captured village officials, militiamen

The New People's Army has given a “prisoner of war” status to “five Cafgu paramilitary forces” who were “captured” in the village center of Barangay Mansanitas, Loreto town, Agusan del Sur after they raided a detachment of the Philippine Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion, 11am of October 24.

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Read more about the article NPA taxation a reality, just pay them – Duterte

NPA taxation a reality, just pay them – Duterte

“It’s a fundamental question for business: is it good to do business in the mountains? Do we give in to them? it’s a reality that has to be talked openly, since the NPA is more active now in Region 11, notwithstanding the statements from the AFP” Mayor Duterte said.

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Read more about the article Photos: Davao’s anti-pork protest welcomes ‘Megan Yan’
'Megan Yan' delivers her spiel. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Photos: Davao’s anti-pork protest welcomes ‘Megan Yan’

By MEDEL V. HERNANI & ACE R. MORANDANTE DAVAO TODAY Davao City -- Friday’s anti-pork protest activists drew 2,000 people coming from sectors of the workers, urban poor, small-scale miners,…

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