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By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA

Davao Today

Missioners were already on their way back to the town center from Sitio Limot in Barangay Binondo, the site of their relief mission, when their contingent met a roadblock allegedly set up by members of the Philippine Army’s 67^thInfantry Battalion. The missioners are forced to spend the night in Sitio Cabuyao Nursery, Barangay Binondo in Baganga, the site of the infamous “Baganga Massacre” that killed three children in August 2002 when military allegedly strafed a house of the resident where members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were believed to be staying.

By CHERYLL D. FIEL

Davao Today

“Ang pulis ug sundalo, usa ra gyud ni sila. Pagkangalan nga sibilyan, luoy ang sibilyan, ila ra gyud nang tabunan. Ipalutaw gyud nang ilang bakak (Police and soldiers are one and the same. Because the way they treat civilians, they cover things up, and surface lies).”– Sonny Cortes

By DON J. PAGUSARA

Davao Today

Militants picket outside the Commission on Human Rights-XI office in Davao City Monday as they slammed the AFP and demanded…

By KRISTA V. MELGAREJO
Davao Today

How I wish I could visit Maricon in Batangas. But I wish more that she’ll be finally released. For now, I’m keeping her words deep inside my heart: “We will not stop until we break these bars and until victory and freedom is achieved.”

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the 5.1.-magnitude earthquake was at 7.240°N, 124.941°E, 8 Kilometer NNW of Linao.

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

“A single innocent life lost to senseless act of terror anywhere in the world is an affront and an outrageous and atrocious assault on humanity’s collective dignity.” — Carlos Zarate, second nominee of Bayan Muna Party

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

Major General Ariel Bernardo, commanding officer of the 10th Infantry Division, says Monday the military “will be occupying conflict-affected areas,” or about 15 percent of his unit’s area of responsibility, which he calls “guerilla bases.” These are in the boundaries of Davao del Norte-Bukidnon, Davao del Norte-Agusan Sur and Compostela Valley-Davao Oriental.

By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today

True social transformation can only occur in a radical movement for change — an uprooting of the primary causes of the problems that beset society, and a subsequent institution of structural elements in the newly established social order.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Dr. Romeo Quijano, one of the country’s noted toxicologists and president of the advocacy group Pesticide…