5 dead after Mayon volcano spews ash
By DAVAO TODAY
Gov. Joey Salceda made the confirmation in a television interview. The fatalities were mountain climbers and a local tour guide.
NPA says rice confiscation meant to stop vote buying
By DAVAO TODAY
Fermiza said that some local candidates have been hoarding rice and are now distributing it to win votes, an act, she said, that insults the people of North Cotabato “who are reeling from extreme hunger and poverty.”
60-year old organizer abducted Palparan-style, still missing
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Rights activists here can’t simply brush the idea that the newly appointed officer-in-charge of the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division has a hand on this matter. For after all, they claimed, Brigadier General Ricardo Visaya and Palparan “had been working closely in the past and share the same image of being human rights violators.”
NDF flag. (Image from http://commons.wikimedia.org)
NDF sets release of captured police officer
By DAVAO TODAY
“The NDF-Southern Mindanao remains committed to the humane treatment and release of prisoners of war in compliance with the protocols of Geneva Conventions and other international humanitarian law instruments.” -- Rubi del Mundo, NDF spokesperson
Special Representatives of the NDFP and GPH together with their respective consultants and personnel, and officials of the Royal Norwegian Government after the December 17-18,2012 meeting in the Hague, the Netherlands. (contributed photo by the NDFP International Information Office)
Calls to pursue GPH-NDFP peace talks, gaining ground
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“We should work for ‘more talk towards more peace,’” Bishop Calang urged, adding that amid the ongoing civil war, the more important thing to do is to “not lose hope, especially from the part of the government.”