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By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

BREAKING NEWS | Celso Pojas was the secretary-general of the Farmers’ Association of Davao City and spokesman of the KMP in Southern Mindanao. He was the first militant leader assassinated in Davao city, according to Karapatan-Southern Mindanao.

Slain farmers’ leader Celso Pojas during the peasant month press conference in October last year. The words on his hat reads “Land, not bullet.” (davaotoday.com file photo by Barry Ohaylan)

An activist holds a placard calling for the scrapping of the 12-percent value added tax on oil products. Beside her is an effigy of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo depicting her continuous “subservience to the demands and dictates of big oil players.” Organizers said the strike paralyzed 95 percent of Davao City’s public transport system. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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COMPOSTELA’S BIG GUN. Compostela Governor Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy poses to the media while holding this high-powered rifle owned by the…

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

After their release from NPA captivity where they were investigated for possible “crime against the people,” two soldiers now face another investigation by their superiors.

New People’s Army guerrillas during the release of the soldiers last week.

A CHILD’S PAIN. Four-year-old Mimi suffers from a gunshot wound after their house was strafed by unidentified armed men on April 29. Mimi is one of the ten children of slain tribal leader Domingo Diarog, who was killed April 29 when their house in sitio Kahusayan, barangay Manuel Guianga in Calinan was strafed by unidentified men. Datu Docris Daug, a tribal leader from barangay Daliaon Plantation, and lumads from the K’tala-Bagobo tribe are asking Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s help in their quest for justice for their slain leader. The military blamed the New People’s Army (NPA) for the attack. But in a statement, the NPA denied having a hand in the strafing incident. Instead, the NPA pointed the culprits to be “working closely with the 73rd Infantry Battalion/Task Force Davao of the AFP at the behest of Apollo Quiboloy.” Quiboloy is known as a close friend of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

RECHARGING. Electrician Warren Perrer, 27, takes a meal across a four-storey building on Villamor street, where he works. In Davao…

Amidst the seemingly unending sufferings of the Filipino people, we from the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan – Southern Mindanao, Transmision-PISTON and…

Mindanao’s micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) can now upgrade their skills and be more competitive with the help of an information technology (IT) enabling facility.

RAIN OR SHINE. A construction worker continues work at the new call center building on Villamor street even if it’s…

The contractor of the project announced that, good weather permitting, the construction of the bridge will be completed on or before the first week of June and will be passable before the opening of classes on the second week.