Council okay’s expansion of Aboitiz coal powered plant
The Davao City Council approved anew on Tuesday the expansion of the generating capacity of Aboitiz’ Therma South Incorporated (TSI)’s coal-fired power plant up to 650 megawatts.
Rescuers injured in Bansalan blast receive NDF’s assistance
Emergency responders who were hit by explosives of the New People’s Army during the latter’s operations against government forces last March 2 received indemnification Monday through church leaders.
Davao Oriental typhoon victims discouraged from joining protest rallies
Residents of Typhoon Pablo (International Name: Haiyan)-hit town of Cateel, Davao Oriental said they were discouraged by a barangay official and an Army officer from joining a rally last month that demanded “fair distribution of food and other relief materials”.
Wives attest to husbands’ innocence in NPA raid in Matanao town police
Families of the nine men who were arrested in the March 10 raid of a Davao del Sur police station insisted on the innocence of the men and that they were not members of the New People's Army.
NPA defends attacks as ‘punishment’ on mining, syndicate protectors
After their successive attacks on police and military troops in Matanao, Davao del Sur, the New People's Army issued a statement saying their attacks were "punishment" for protecting a mining company and criminal syndicates.