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Macasandig police chief, Insp. Mario Mantala Jr., shows to reporters the Facebook account where the photos of a robbery suspect, alleged to be mauled by police officers from the Macabalan station, were posted. The owner of the Facebook account, identified as “Hostado Abogado,” has accused the police as behind the physical assault. The account has either been deactivated or deleted as of Wednesday morning, Dec. 5. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Oro cop official denies police brutality in arrest of suspect

A video and photos of a young man covered in blood and who appeared to have been mauled has gone viral on social media prompting the police unit in Barangay Macasandig to deny that some of its officers were behind the manhandling.

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Read more about the article Misor town mayor urges DPWH to hasten road project after 3 killed in vehicular accident
A boy takes a look at the vehicle that lost control causing the death of three persons in Barangay Tubigan, Initao, Misamis Oriental, on Saturday, Dec. 1. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Misor town mayor urges DPWH to hasten road project after 3 killed in vehicular accident

The local government of Initao, Misamis Oriental has appealed to the Department of Public Works and Highways-10 (DPWH-10) to hasten the construction of an additional lane along the national highway in said town after three persons were killed in a vehicular accident on Saturday night.

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Read more about the article Charges vs. Ka Satur, 17 others doomed to fail, – counsel
Former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo and ACT Teachers party list Rep. France Castro (Photo courtesy of Pia Perez)

Charges vs. Ka Satur, 17 others doomed to fail, – counsel

“As soon as the courts open, we will exert all legal remedies to correct the situation and the narrative: that Ka Satur was just trying to help the beleaguered lumad students in Talaingod.”

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Read more about the article Peace group to AFP: Declare holiday truce
PEACE ADVOCATES. Panel speakers during the Mindanao Peace Forum held at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, March 15 share light moments with the media and the participants who are mostly religious leaders. (From left to right) Fr. Rex Reyes, convener of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform; Atty. Antonio Arellano, government peace panel member; Bishop Felixberto Calang, convener of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement; Satur Ocampo, independent cooperator for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel; and Sr. Luz Mallo of the Sisters Association of Mindanao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Peace group to AFP: Declare holiday truce

A Mindanao-based peace group Sowing the Seeds of Peace (SSP) appealed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to reciprocate the holiday truce declared earlier by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) as the nation celebrates “most cherished Filipino tradition.”

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Read more about the article AFP’s tall tales coined to seal martial rule extension, NPA says
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AFP’s tall tales coined to seal martial rule extension, NPA says

For the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao, the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is already keen and ardent to extend the imposition of martial law (ML) in the whole island.

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