North Cotabato residents gripe over daily brownouts, as governor slams fake power shortage
“The power outages are but a way of conditioning the minds of consumers that there is a power crisis,” says North Cotabato Governor Taliño-Mendoza, adding that such conditioning has something to do with the privatization of the remaining government-owned power utilities in Mindanao.
Widow of Arakan human rights victim longs to visit husband’s grave
Military operations in Arakan valley hinder Gina Batoy, wife of slain peasant leader, Ramon, from going back home. Ramon Batoy was killed in a raid by the 10th Special Forces three days after Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio was gunned down, also in the same town. Advocates link the killing of Fr. Tentorio and Batoy as part of the abuses of the AFP counter-insurgency policy Oplan Bayanihan in North Cotabato.
Davao students decry tuition, miscellaneous fees increase
“Majority of the students were not able to join the consultation. The administration has also failed to show its financial statement despite claiming that the teachers and non-teaching staff will benefit in the proposed tuition fee hikes.” -- Maureene Villamor, Ateneo de Davao University student council president
FACE TO FACE
CHR-XI Director Alberto Sipaco meets the mother and wife of peasants Rudy and Rudyric Dejos who were brutally killed last year in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. In the region, they were the first two victims of the Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
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