By GRACE S. UDDIN The New People's Army in Southern Mindanao said military operations have hampered the release of Corporal Dominador Alegre, the detachment commander captured in an NPA raid in Monkayo town two weeks ago. Rigoberto Sanchez of the NPA?s Merardo Arce Command the NPA will release Alegre on humanitarian grounds.
BAGANGA, DAVAO ORIENTAL (davaotoday.com)? Even before they could open it, villagers in Baganga town of Davao Oriental are already complaining about the 24-hour shift that running the Barangay Defense System outpost will entail. ?It will disrupt our farming activities,? one villager complained to a fact-finding and medical mission team that entered the area on October 21 to 23. ?BDS members don?t have salaries. What will our family eat?? Read on
By GRACE S. UDDIN TALAINGOD, DAVAO DEL NORTE ? Contrary to the soldiers? claim, the school for Lumads in Talaingod has been operating in the last three years with a permit from the Department of Education (DepEd).
DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) -- A partylist representative and leaders of indigenous peoples? groups in Mindanao said there?s no reason to celebrate the 15th year of International Day of Indigenous Peoples as the tribes continue to suffer from the atrocities of the Arroyo administration. "The Arroyo administration did not only fail to uphold, protect and promote IP rights,? Gabriela Women Partylist representative Luz Ilagan said, ?It has also violated these rights.? Read on
DAVAO CITY - Drainage maintenance chief Yusop Jimlani said the city has terminated the services of 174 employees following the Ombudsman's order suspending him and three other city officials for demolishing a park named after House Speaker Prospero Nograles. Read on.