A police man assigned at 2nd Platoon, Davao Oriental Public Safety Company based in Barangay Aliwagwag, Cateel, Davao Oriental was allegedly captured by the New People’s Army on July 11, an official said Thursday.
About 4,000 refilled butane gas canisters were confiscated in June alone by the multi-agency task force in the city, an official said.
A partylist lawmaker said the latest mishap of troops who died in a friendly fire in Marawi City on Wednesday noon is proof that government’s air strike operations could also be killing civilians.
The military dismissed a member of its Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit personnel on July 1 after they verified that the militiaman had indeed fired upon a school in Talaingod town in Davao del Norte.
The government’s efforts to end contractualization in the labor sector and the continuing war against illegal drugs are among the reports that President Rodrigo Duterte will render to the Filipino people during his ?second State of the National Address on July 24.