Farmers and indigenous people led by Farmers Association of Davao City picketed the Department of Agriculture Office over the recent hike in prices of rice and garlic, and failure to provide services to farm communities. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
“They made us guide them to where the NPA rebels are posting. They did not allow us to refuse,” said Pedro in vernacular. “I asked them if we will be put to danger, they said they are not sure and that would depend on whether the NPAs hit us.”
Journalists welcomed the apology from Davao City police director Vicente Danao for his tirade on three reporters, but they said the city police must do away with its rough treatment on members of the press.
The sole hope for an alternative society to sprout and blossom on these lands is for the people to take destiny in their own hands! Such is a truism long evidenced by the historical development of societies in the world.
Farmer and barangay leader Pedro Cadungog (left) of Maco, Compostela Valley with son Randil recounts how army soldiers forced them as guides in tracking the New People's Army last June 7, that resulted to them witnessing soldiers killed or injured from a detonated blast. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)