Latest News

NPA says military operations hamper release of captive soldier

by
Nov 14, 2009

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.

CenPEG foresees problems in automated polls

by
Nov 09, 2009

By CHERYLL FIEL
As voting will be automated for the first time in 2010, the public policy watchdog Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) foresees the elections as a more difficult process than an easier one.

The trial of Rodrigo Duterte

by
Nov 08, 2009

By CHERYLL FIEL
Six months into the probe, and three public inquiries so far, the Commission on Human Rights is nowhere near proving the existence of the Davao Death Squad, let alone, establish a connection with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

Against their will, villagers in Baganga set up a barangay defense outpost

by
Oct 25, 2009

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 dont have salaries. What will our family eat? Read on

Coming Home

by
Oct 06, 2009

By CHERYLL FIEL
After one month and 13 days at the evacuation camp, the Manobo evacuees finally went home to Lianga on August 30. Aboard a convoy of 40 trucks to barangay Diatagon, the lumads left the grounds of the Diocese of Tandag that served as their evacuation camp. But barely a month after coming home, the soldiers are back again, recruiting them to the Task Force Gantangan, a paramilitary group to fight the government�s war against the insurgents.