The New People’s Army (NPA) owned up the killing of a Cotabato province security chief on Sunday, February 7, saying it was meant to punish one of those who connived the deaths of several human rights defenders in Mindanao.
As the campaign period kick-off on Tuesday, February 9, women’s rights advocates warned candidates not to use women in their campaign sorties.
The Philippine military on Monday, February 8, said it is escalating its security operations in Davao region amid a series of armed confrontations with the New People’s Army (NPA).
Photo shows the Catholic Church in Doroluman, Arakan, North Cotabato where Bernabe “Bantito” Abanilla and his security escort were gunned down on Sunday, February 7 at around 8:00 in the morning. (Photo courtesy of Abner Francisco of CHARM Radio Kidapawan)
Complicated issues on the right-of-way (ROW), the easement of transmission lines and the recent bombings of transmission towers, if not addressed, will worsen the power supply situation in Mindanao, top-ranking officers of the Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC) said.
Three Army battalions of the 10th Infantry (Agila) Division welcomed their new battalion commanders in series of turn-over ceremonies that were facilitated on February 3-4.
Three soldiers were killed while two others were wounded in a series of clashes yesterday with New People’s Army in Pantukan, Compostela Valley, the Army reported on Thursday.
As the House of Representatives held its last session on Wednesday, February 3, senior citizen’s here took to the streets their call for Davao’s lawmakers to push the override of President Benigno Aquino III’s veto on the pension hike bill.
Power sector leaders will convene in Davao City on Thursday, February 4, to address several problems harrowing the Mindanao grid, the island’s socio-economic planning agency said.
The costs of implanting a matchstick-sized tube that inhibits ovulation among women for three years is now covered by the government’s national health insurance program.
