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Read more about the article 12 farmers arrested in barricade vs. UP Mindanao road construction
A resident in Bago Oshiro, Tugbok District Davao City is arrested by the police last Monday in a barricade put up to oppose the construction of a road in UP Mindanao. (Photo from Himati)

12 farmers arrested in barricade vs. UP Mindanao road construction

Twelve members of Sitio 117 Bago Oshiro Farmers’ Association were arrested on Monday morning after violence erupted between residents and the forces of Davao City Police Office (DCPO) at UP Mindanao-Manambulan Road during the construction of the DPWH road project.

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Read more about the article No case resolution 4 years after killing of Italian priest in Arakan
ITALIAN PRIEST. Father Peter Geremia, PIME, says amid the positive results of the Special Investigating Team for Unsolved cases (SITU) investigation on the killing of Italian priest Fausto Tentorio that there are sufficient evidence against Jimmy and Robert Ato, Jan Corbala, and four other members of the Bagani group, the case has not yet prospered up to now. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

No case resolution 4 years after killing of Italian priest in Arakan

The call for justice for the killing of Italian priest, Father Fausto Tentorio, PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) continues four years after he was shot several times inside a parish compound in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato on October 17, 2011.

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Army stops school teachers to push through inauguration preps of campus

Around 15 teachers and school administrators of a private school in Baganga town Davao Oriental were stopped at a military checkpoint due to an alleged encounter between the army and the New People’s Army.

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