Military

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

BREAKING NEWS | Celso Pojas was the secretary-general of the Farmers’ Association of Davao City and spokesman of the KMP in Southern Mindanao. He was the first militant leader assassinated in Davao city, according to Karapatan-Southern Mindanao.

Slain farmers’ leader Celso Pojas during the peasant month press conference in October last year. The words on his hat reads “Land, not bullet.” (davaotoday.com file photo by Barry Ohaylan)

COMPOSTELA’S BIG GUN. Compostela Governor Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy poses to the media while holding this high-powered rifle owned by the…

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

After their release from NPA captivity where they were investigated for possible “crime against the people,” two soldiers now face another investigation by their superiors.

New People’s Army guerrillas during the release of the soldiers last week.

ENCOUNTER. Bayan Muna’s Joel Virador raises a clenched fist to the camera during a chat with Major Medel Aguilar, chief of the Civil Relations Group 5 of the Philippine Army, at the May 1 Labor Day rally. Each assumes opposing stance in an argument over the need for genuine change to uplift the condition of the working class. Aguilar wears a t-shirt that reads, “no to violence, no to armed struggle,” while Virador wears one that calls for a stop to the militarization in the countryside. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

Human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao expresses deep concern over the fate of the two children who were hurt during the…

Two prisoners of war (POWs) are recently held by a unit of the Conrado Heredia Command-Front 20 Operations Command of…

Karapatan-Southern Mindanao said that military operations in the boundary towns of Baganga, Davao Oriental, New Bataan and Compostela, Compostela Valley…

TUCKED-IN. Using a piece of cloth slung to their bodies, lumad women swaddle their young ones, tucking them close to their bodies as they walk. Ata-Manobo women and children are among those displaced by the relentless military operations in Talaingod. Many of the residents were accused of being guerrillas. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

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Angelic Hernandez still grieves over the loss of her eldest sister, Benjaline Hernandez, who was killed by the Cafgu and…

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT- MINDANAO Press Release March 29, 2008 Central Mindanao THE NPA IN MINDANAO ACHIEVED MORE VICTORIES- KA. ORIS…