Thousands of farmers and indigenous people from the region put up a barricade outside the Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command here on Friday morning, March 18 to call for the pull out of the military from the communities and schools.
Presidential aspirant, Rodrigo Duterte is cheered by his hometown crowd during the grand rally held here on Wednesday, March 16.
Government troops tagged the farmer who was caught by the Army’s 2nd Special Forces Battalion (Airborne) as a member of Front Committee 21 of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee.
The camp of Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte belied reports that the Davao City mayor will not attend the second presidential debate scheduled in Cebu City on March 20.
Presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano topped two student mock polls in Visayas and Mindanao.