NPA Says Army Henchman Behind Calinan Massacre

The Front 52 Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao calls on the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 73rd Infantry Battalion to admit complicity in the massacre of the Gonzaga family in Barangay Dalagdag, Calinan District last April 9.

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Sincerity of Davao Candidates on Environment Questioned

DAVAO CITY — The question on the local politicians? sincerity on environmental concern was again raised by the residents of the second district who attended the Green Vote 2007 candidates? forum Friday, the last of the series of forums where local candidates were asked to lay-down their environmental agenda.

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Arroyo Orders DPWH to Fasttrack Repair of Bankerohan Bridge

By Rose B. Palacio

DAVAOCITY — Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan, upon orders from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, immediately went to Davao City to personally look into the Generoso bridge 1 in Bankerohan that has collapsed when one of its pier gave way last April 12, this year causing heavy traffic in the City.

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Lakas, Nograles Camp Buying Votes in Davao?

A Davao City resident, from the city’s first district, recently emailed a set of pictures, one of them shown here, showing a movie ticket allegedly given away by the camp of House Majority Leader and Davao City congressman Prospero Nograles, as well as an insurance card worth 100,000 pesos supposedly issued by the Lakas party and signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and House Speaker Jose de Venecia. This is the same insurance card that is now the subject of a nationwide controversy, allegedly because distributing them is tantamount to vote-buying, which the Lakas camp denies.

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