A total of eight members of the Army and three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in separate encounters in Mindanao days before the State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) expects President Benigno Simeon Aquino to reiterate his support for an “undiluted” version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law in his last State of the Nation Address Monday.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said that he was trying to educate North Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco when he told her that someone should talk to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in order to resolve the issue of the indigenous people (IP) evacuees in the Haran Mission Center compound.
The United Church of Christ in the Philippines criticized a police assault on its compound here on Friday and described it as “disrespectful” of the sanctity of the Church.
Residents in the northwestern and northern villages of the city are advised to store water as the Davao City Water District scheduled water service interruptions starting Friday night until Sunday.
Members of Congress’ Makabayan bloc condemned as “forcible and violent” the attempts to evict tribal families from a church compound here.
Mothers, including soon-to-be moms, and their partners will gather here in a breastfeeding mobilization on August 1 to campaign for breastfeeding of their infants.
Lumads said that like the Army who allegedly hurt them in their villages, the police also did it to them in the city amid an attempt to force them to go home.
Local officials here intervened in the commotion inside an evacuation camp, which the Davao City Police Office raided on Thursday morning.
Bai Bibyaon Bigkay, a Matigsalog leader from Talaingod, Davao del Norte, said she is dismayed with the attitude shown by North Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco who is now under fire after a dialogue with lumad (tribal) evacuees in Davao City turned sour.
