21 Filipino UN peacekeepers still with Syrian rebels

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today As this developed, DND’s Gazmin said President Aquino has asked his department to review all peacekeeping missions “kung eto’y makakabuti ba sa atin o mas kailangan natin ang mga tropa natin dito sa ating bansa (if it’s good for the country or if we need more of our troops to remain here).”

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Foolhardy or historical mistake?

By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today For lawyer Michael Pito of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao, historical accounts would show that the Sultanate of Sulu has established its sovereignty over Sabah.  “It was in a sovereign capacity when he entered into a transaction with a British company.  Sabah in the hearts and minds of the Moro people, it is part of their political territory, and not just (their) property.”

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