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Military ‘Blamed’ for NPA Raid of Davao Prison


Not-So-Welcome Guests. The main gate of the Davao Prison and Penal Farm, in Braulio Dujali town, Davao del Norte (davaotoday.com photo by Boy Bagwis)

The top official at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm has practically blamed the military for the raid on Sunday by the New People’s Army of the correctional facility formerly known as the Davao Penal Colony (Dapecol). In the raid, one of the most daring in the Philippines in years, the communists carted away more than a hundred assorted firearms without firing a single shot.

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US Group Concerned Over Jailing of Davao Broadcaster

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalist has expressed concern over the jailing of former Bombo Radyo broadcaster Alex “Lex” Adonis, who was convicted and imprisoned for libel charged by Davao City congressman Prospero Nograles. Inquirer columnist Conrado de Quiros has likewise railed against Adonis’s fate.

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Philippines: Petition Launched for Dead OFW

Dear Friends,

Warm greetings form DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association! We are contacting you in hopes that you will help in advancing our current and urgent campaign, Truth & Justice for Domestic Worker Fely Garcia!

Please take a moment of your time to sign a very important petition for support and action. The details of the case are below. We hope that you will sign the online petition and circulate it among your contacts and network. The campaign is very time sensitive as Fely Garcia’s body remains in the custody of the medical examiner’s office. Her children are in the Philippines and we were able to contact them last night, March 30. We will keep you informed about upcoming actions.

Yours truly,
Ana Liza Caballes

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Conflicts, Human-Rights Abuses Displace 100,000, Mostly in Mindanao

The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has released a report that says an estimated 100,000 people were displaced from their homes in the Philippines due to armed conflicts and human-rights violations. The main displacement movements occurred in Mindanao, the report said.

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Midsayap Evacuees Remain Traumatized


Living in Fear. A Moro mother and child at a Midsayap refugee camp. (davaotoday.com photo by Boy Bagwis)

The clashes in Midsayap, North Cotababto, between government troops and MILF guerrillas may have ended but evacuees still live in fear and uncertainty. Many of them have not been able to rebuild their homes and recover the properties that, according to them, were destroyed and looted by soldiers.

By CJ Kuizon
davaotoday.com

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato — Ten-year-old Abdullah has been having sleepless nights. Early in March, in a village in this town, government soldiers took him at the height of an armed encounter with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). That experience traumatized him deeply.

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