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NPA captures police and soldier in Laak; AFP in hot pursuit

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesman of the NPA’s Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command, said operatives of the NPA’s Guerilla Front 34 Operations Command arrested Pfc. Jesrel Colanggo (Jezreel Culango, according to the military) of the 60th Infantry Battalion and SPO1 Ruel Pasion of the Philippine National Police (PNP) at a checkpoint they set up in Mangloy village in Laak town, Compostela Valley on January 17.  The NPA said they confiscated a .45 caliber pistol from their captives.

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Migrants demand PHL gov’t for the immediate repatriation, full compensation of Algeria’s OFW victims

Press Release 19 January 2013 A migrant workers’ rights political party expressed sympathy and alarm over reports of Filipino workers who were held hostage in Algeria.  More than 36 overseas…

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Elections will push through, even in tents, in Pablo-ravaged areas

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today "Nagaklase na man ang DepEd karon, so kung asa sila gaklase, didto jud na (ang polling center), kung naa silay tent, didto mag voting (The DepEd has already resumed classes.  Expectedly, the elections will be conducted there.  If they have set up tents, then the voting will be held there).” -- Villaneda Olang, Public Schools District Supervisor of the South District of Baganga town in Davao Oriental

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Dying for relief: IP women survivors of Pablo tell stories through the barricades

By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today Clad in their traditional garb as they joined some 5,000 people from the different towns of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, they asked, where is the government?  And where is its promise of genuine relief and rehabilitation?

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