by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 19, 2012
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
The ceasefire coverage, Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesman of the NPA’s Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command said, is extended to other parts of their regional jurisdiction which are not directly hit by typhoon Pablo to help address the said crisis especially in the more than 24 towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental where over 33 percent of its “revolutionary forces” live and over a million of peasants, workers, lumads and ordinary poor are affected.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 15, 2012
(Last of Two Parts)
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We ran towards the mountains,” said Jocelyn Bocaron, who carried their four children including their youngest a one-year old infant to their safety amidst the wind. “The young coconut trees were not affected by the wind. We hid there until the strong winds subsided,” she said.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 15, 2012
(First of Two Parts)
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We have no food because there are no jobs here (because of Pablo). The government has only given three kilos, what saved us is our stored NFA rice. On our own we look for food,” Lorna Dolosa, a resident said.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 13, 2012
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
In a statement emailed on Wednesday and dated December 5, Ka Oris, spokesperson of NDFP-Mindanao said the ceasefire order given to the New People’s Army in the typhoon-hit areas is meant to “pave the way for a safe, unhampered and speedy rescue of victims, and to conduct a speedy and unhampered relief operations in the affected communities.”
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 10, 2012
By CHARISSE LISONDRA & MARIETA BASTE-HERNANI/Correspondents
Davao Today
Bernadita Guay said her husband now has almost lost the will to start back to square one. “Nadiscourage na gyud akong bana kung mag-uma pa ba kuno siya o dili na (My husband is at a loss whether he would go back to farming or not),” Guay said. Right now, she said, they are thinking of scraping gold dust from the riverside just to find money.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 09, 2012
By AIDA TIZON/Correspondent
Davao Today
Julieta Nalam, a resident of sitio Haylo Highlander, said “Wala gyud mi naabtan og hinabang. Nag-linya mi dinhi sukad pa gahapon pero wala mi kadawat (No help has come our way. We’ve been waiting here since yesterday but we received nothing).”
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 08, 2012
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“It cannot be avoided. When the wind was blowing hard, we have to vacate and secure ourselves several times, running over the slabs and felled structures,” said Inday Ledesma, a resident of Purok Maglupay, Poblacion village.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 08, 2012
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“When flashfloods hit Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon, it usually overflows Pulangi River,” Gov. Taliño-Mendoza said, adding that the towns are amongst the low-lying areas of the province.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 08, 2012
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
The delegates also displayed at the front gate of the DENR effigies representing the dead bodies of the victims of Tampakan massacre and black crosses bearing the names of leaders and environment defenders who were killed since the former Arroyo administration to present.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 07, 2012
By ALFRED S. DEPALA/Correspondent
Davao Today
“We need assistance for the reconstruction of houses. We also need sacks of rice, clothes and medicines. As of today, we only mustered 300 sacks of rice which we divided in the 11 villages. We were only able to distribute foods good for one day. We’re still awaiting help from the provincial government,” Sta. Josefa Vice Mayor Simon Caguiat said.
