By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Jeffrey (not his real name) said his wife and the rest of the 1,700 residents in their village were also given the same amount each by one Elisa Madulog at around 11 AM Sunday. “They prepared a list of those who will vote and who will not," he said.
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
The behavior of the Comelec district attorney is not surprising. Certain public officials, thinking that the little authority invested in their official position, also grant them the license to be arrogant. They act like little emperors or empresses over their little dominions or “turfs.”
By ACE R. MORANDANTE & JACOB P. NEPOMUCENO
Davao Today
The NDF said the arrest of Pansoy “reflected the NPA's consistent compliance to the people's defense guidelines banning armed politicians and campaigners in revolutionary territories,” while the arrest of Tomas “demonstrated the NPA's commitment in exacting revolutionary justice against a fascist AFP unit responsible for killing and wounding of children under the pretext of "legitimate encounter" with the NPA.”
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
Peace comes with a high price. It comes not just with a symbol of a dove and the signing of agreements. It comes with a commitment to achieve actual results through genuine and sincere reforms for the majority of the people.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Somo and Sopo, according to Del Mundo, “are requisites to ensure the safe and orderly process of the release of the POWs to the International Committee of the Red Cross, concerned provincial officials of the Aquino government and church leaders, who shall then turn over the POWs to their respective families.”