Author: Paulo C. Rizal

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Ramil Miguel of the Association of Community Educators in Mindanao urg?es? presumptive ?P? resident-elect Rodrigo Duterte to ?develop a ?comprehensive strategic framework on Lumad and peasant education. He made the appeal at a press conference at the UCCP Haran compound where displaced Lumads from Davao del Norte take refuge due to the militarization in their community.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

CAFGU member fires at Lumad school in Talaingod

"Please rescue me, karon na" (right now). This was the frantic text message sent by teacher Ramel Miguel to Ricky Balilid, moments after the Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center in Sitio Nasilaban, Talaingod, Davao del Norte was fired upon by a certain Rodel Buntanlog on Tuesday, 10 am.

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Read more about the article Fatal road accident in Davao puts spotlight on speed guns, speed limit
'STAY AT HOME.' Following her father's decision to declare Martial Law in Mindanao, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio advised residents to stay indoors as much as possible, and expect tighter security measures. The mayor made the announcements in a press conference at the Public Security and Safety Command Center at Ecoland Wednesday dawn, May 24, 2017. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Fatal road accident in Davao puts spotlight on speed guns, speed limit

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio required the Land Transportation Office, the City Traffic and Transportation Management Office, and the Highway Patrol Group to present statistics that would prove the effectiveness of speed guns in decreasing the number of road accidents.

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CAFGUS. The 85 newly graduated Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit - Active Auxiliary 2 execute a snappy salute during their graduation ceremonies on Wednesday, June 14 at the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. The 85 CAFGUs are expected to reinforce the ranks of the TF Davao who are tasked to secure the metropolitan areas, and man the checkpoints of the city. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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The 85 newly graduated Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit - Active Auxiliary 2 execute a snappy salute during their graduation ceremonies on Wednesday, June 14 at the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article 85 SCAAs add to anti-terror personnel in Davao
TURNOVER OF ARMS. Senior officers hand over M-16 rifles to the 85 newly-graduated Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit - Active Auxiliary Category 2 who graduated from their basic military training course on Wednesday, June 14 at the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

85 SCAAs add to anti-terror personnel in Davao

Eighty five recruits graduated as Special Civilian Active Auxilliary (SCAA) and were issued firearms on Wednesday to replenish those who were enlisted into the regular forces of the Philippine Army.

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Read more about the article City gov’t to shoulder wake, burial expenses of soldiers killed in NPA clash
FUNERAL VISIT. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorezana visit the wake of Private First Class Freddie Delos Santos and Corporal Casidy Uday in a funeral parlor along Panacan, Davao City on Monday, June 12. The two soldiers died in a firefight with New People's Army guerrillas in Sitio Bajada, Paradise Embac Village, Paquibato District in Davao City on Sunday, June 11. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

City gov’t to shoulder wake, burial expenses of soldiers killed in NPA clash

The families of fallen soldiers Private First Class Freddie Delos Santos and Corporal Casidy Uday will be receiving cash assistance, and will be spared the wake and burial expenses, said City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday.

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