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NPA to release captive soldiers today
Members of the New People's Army are set to release today the two soldiers taken last September 30.
THIRD PARTY FACILITATOR. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will claim the P25,000 from the New People's Army that has been taken from Loreto, Agusan del Sur Mayor Dario Otaza and his son Daryl who the NPA sentenced to death last October 19 in Butuan City. Duterte said he will possibly claim the money next week together with the two Army soldiers taken by the NPAs as Prisoners of War. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Duterte suspects ‘tanim bala’ already a syndicate
DAVAO CITY - Mayor Rodrigo Duterte called on President Benigno Aquino III to address the problem of "laglag bala" or "tanim bala" where bullets are found inside the luggage of…
Lumads end week-long stay in UP Diliman with cultural night
DILIMAN, Quezon City - A Friday night of cultural performances was prepared by the lumad delegates of the human rights caravan Manilakbayan 2015 from Mindanao to thank the University of…
NOTICE OF CLOSURE. Lumads from Mindanao call to close down the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples office in Quezon city for its "inaction" towards the Lumad issues in Mindanao. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Manilakbayan protesters want NCIP closed; NCIP says it is nothing new
Lumads who marched from Mindanao and have converged here picketed at the national office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to demand its closure for alleged failure to solve Lumad killings in Mindanao.
LET THERE BE LIGHT. Workers from the Davao Light Power Company repairs power lines along Obrero Street in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Davao Light implements 2-hour rotating power interruptions
The Davao Light and Power company has implemented two-hour rotating power interruptions after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) imposed a Mindanao-wide deficit due to the emergency shutdown of two major power plants in Mindanao.