Army sends elite troops to Sulu to fight ASG
As many as 1,000 soldiers of the 10 Infantry Division were sent to Jolo, Sulu to beef up government campaign to crush the Abu Sayyaf group in the area.
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NDF orders NPA to suspend offensives in Surigao for release of 5 prisoners
The National Democratic Front has ordered the suspension of all offensive operations of the New People’s Army in Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte until August 31, 2016 for the release of five prisoners of war held in custody of the NPAs.
Councilor Mary Joselle Dilig-Villafuerte (davaotoday.com file photo)
Councilor wants incentive-based anti-dengue ordinance
City Councilor Mary Jocelle Villafuerte said she prefers an incentive-base?d ordinance to encourage the public to clean their homes and help the government in bringing down dengue cases.
Farmers and Lumad march from the ?
the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples Region XI office to the Benigno S. Aquino Hall of Justice in Ecoland, here to call for the release of political prisoners and the dismissal of "trumped up" charges against them on Wednesday morning, August 24. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
PHOTOS | IP, farmers call for release of all political prisoners
PASAKA Southern Mindanao Lumad Federation Secretary General Jong Monzon said that the criminal cases filed against were "fabricated" and filed only "with the intent to pacify" their resistance.
SADYANDI. Participants of a week-long protest at the Rizal Park in Koronadal City open their activity by sharing boiled eggs and water as their expression of unity. The protesters represented eight Lumad tribes and Moro groups. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Sadyandi: Lumads’ festival Vs mining, logging
Instead of a festive celebration of the Indigenous People’s month, the Lumads commemorated IP month with a protest putting up a camp at the Rizal Park here coinciding with the resumption of the formal talks between the government and the National Democratic Front on Monday, August 22.