Author: Paulo C. Rizal

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Read more about the article Militants hit Army’s ‘red-baiting’ activities
ACTIVISTS. (Left to Right) Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao Region Secretary General Carlo Olalo, Tony Salube, spokesperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Southern Mindanao Region, and May Ann Sapar of Gabriela, Southern Mindanao Region call for the lifting of Martial Law, and the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front in a press conference on Friday, July 4 in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Militants hit Army’s ‘red-baiting’ activities

Progressive groups here condemned the surge of different forms of red-baiting, which have become more ?conspicuous after President Rodrigo Duterte recently terminated the peace talks, and declared an all-out war against the New People’s Army.

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Read more about the article Vice Mayor Duterte wants VIP treatment for cops, soldiers at Davao airport
Davao City vice mayor Paolo Duterte says he will go back to a lower position if his sister, Inday Sara Duterte and brother Sebastian will run for higher positions. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Vice Mayor Duterte wants VIP treatment for cops, soldiers at Davao airport

Duterte said this is a “show of recognition and appreciation” to the government troops who are in the frontline of the administration’s war against terrorism and illegal drugs.

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Read more about the article Humanitarian mission reports 309 cases of human rights violation in Marawi
National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NIHM) organizers in a press conference in Cagayan de Oro City on Monday, July 31 call on President Rodrigo Duterte to stop ?M?artial ?L?aw and hasten the reconstruction of Marawi City so that displaced residents could go back home. The organizers are fresh from their second wave of conducting distribution of relief assistance in evacuation centers in the Lanao provinces last July 27-29. From left: Arabic teacher Hasannoor Sarip, Aida Ibrahim of Tindeg Ranao, Vennel Chenfoo of Kalinaw Mindanao, and Amirah Lidasan, of Moro Christian People’s Alliance and also of Kalinaw Mindanao. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Humanitarian mission reports 309 cases of human rights violation in Marawi

The recently concluded second wave of the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission reported more than 300 cases of various human rights violations ?in the course of containing the Marawi ?City ?terror attack.

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Read more about the article AT PLAY
AT PLAY. Children spend time playing in a covered court turned evacuation center in the town of Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur on Friday, July 28, 2017. They are the children of the 370 families staying inside the evacuation center for more than two months now. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

AT PLAY

Children spend time playing in a covered court turned evacuation center in the town of Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur on Friday, July 28, 2017. They are the children of the 370 families staying inside the evacuation center for more than two months now. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article IN PHOTOS | Images of Marawi evacuees two months after the siege
AT PLAY. Children spend time playing in a covered court turned evacuation center in the town of Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur on Friday, July 28, 2017. They are the children of the 370 families staying inside the evacuation center for more than two months now. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

IN PHOTOS | Images of Marawi evacuees two months after the siege

When the fighting broke ?out ?two months ago, many of Marawi’s residents refused to give up their homes, certain that the military would be able to handle the Maute --- a previously small, ragtag band of extremists who pledged allegiance to the ISIS by occupying an abandoned municipal hall in nearby Butig town.

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