By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political Consultant National Democratic Front of the Philippines The judgment of the European Court…
The Black & White Movement condemns in the strongest possible terms the beheading of ten marine soldiers following a firefight with members of the 8th Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT). “It is an inhuman and barbaric act that has no place in any civilized society and we ask that all means be exhausted to bring the perpetrators to justice”, says BnW lead convenor Enteng Romano.
In Duterte’s last term, Davao folk want some things done
By Germelina A. LacorteDavao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines — First-district congressman Prospero Nograles, the majority floorleader of the House of…
�I abhor stupidity and mediocre work,” Sara Duterte said in her inaugural speech. “So I respectfully request you to toe…
Malacanang assured today the Saudi Arabian government that Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari shall be provided with unarmed security personnel during his trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to attend the three-party peace talks among representatives of the Philippines, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the MILF.
OZAMIZ CITY � Noting the importance of major infrastructure projects in the realization of the Mindanao Super Region as the…
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has been fighting for a separate Islamic state for Filipino Muslims in the south the past three decades, said the violence could have been avoided had the military coordinated with them the troops’ entry to Tipo-tipo, which the rebels consider as part of their territory. �We have all the mechanism in the ceasefire that allows coordination and to prevent this kind of unfortunate incident,� said a front spokesman.
Five people were killed in a landslide in the gold-rush site Diwalwal, in Compostela Valley, police said Tuesday. One of the fatalities was a pregnant women; three other people were injured. The landslide occurred late Monday after a week of heavy rains, damaging three shanties and burying four small-scale miners and a miner’s wife who was five months pregnant, the Associated Press reported.
Students staged a rally in front of the University of Mindanao campus on Bolton Street to protest the implementation of the Human Security Act, which, they said, would impinge on democratic rights. The law, which will take effect on July 15, allows the formation of an “inter-school coordinating body” that, according to the students, would suppress student councils and student publications. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez)
