Fact-finding missions, investigations and ceasefire monitoring reports showed that the Philippine Marines� raid in July 2007 turned out to be a violation of the GRP-MILF ceasefire agreement. The area in Albarka was a base camp of the 114th MILF-BIAF led by Asid Salih.
WestminCom Chief Dolorfino identified the same Asid Salih as one of the slain �Abu Sayyaf� in the recent Task Force Trillium raid in the town of Tipo-Tipo. Read Amirah Ali Lidasan, the national president of Suara Bangsamoro.
PANATA 2010. Kabataan partylist leads the launching of Panata 2010 (pledge 2010), a nationwide campaign to convince young people to register for the upcoming May elections. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DURIAN FESTIVAL. Tagum City installs a giant replica of durian at the Rotary Park Open-Space as part of the city�s Durian Festival that will run from August 28 until September 6. (contributed photo)
STOP THE POLITICAL KILLINGS. Families of slain political activists in Southern Mindanao join progressive groups in a picket in front of the 10th Infantry Division Headquarters at Camp Panacan, Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
HUNGRY Holding a picket in Bankerohan, youth group Anakbayan expresses outrage over President Gloria Arroyo’s lavish dinners abroad while Filipinos had to line up for a kilo of rice. (Contributed photo)