As you bravely admit your mistake in killing Centing, it is with much hope that you now also know the…
PHOTO ESSAY From the towns of Baganga, Cateel and Boston in Davao Oriental, more than 200 Mandaya farmers walked the five-kilometer distance from the downtown area of Mati, the province’s capital, to Barangay Dahikan, the seat of legislative power, to criticize the military for the alleged human rights abuses in their villages.
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
After the New People’s Army (NPA) admitted their mistake in the February 2 killing of Davao businessman Vicente Ferrazini, the family of the slain businessman asked the Communist rebels to leave Davao and the entire family in peace.
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today
“There must be a cessation of hostilities first,” Gonzales said during the Local Peace and Security Assembly (LPSA) for Davao Region. He said the government panel already relayed its stand to Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, the NDFP chief political consultant, in one of their meetings in Utrecth, The Netherlands.
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today
Short of admitting the failure of the Arroyo administration to stamp out the Communist rebellion, Gonzales told local peace executives there are only two choices left: either craft a really good local government counter-insurgency strategy or extend the term of the President. He said Arroyo wishes to finish the Communist rebellion when her term ends in 2010, but with only two and a half years left in her term, he doubts if the government can achieve it.
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today
According to the NPA, Ferrazini only became the target of the Ka Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade after he was proven guilty of giving logistical, financial and intelligence support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the hinterland of Toril.
Notwithstanding the self-serving projection of Gen. Hermogenes Esperon about the impending defeat of the revolutionary forces due to the Armed…
HOT SPOT. These soldiers had a grand time browsing pornographic websites during the first day of the Local Peace and Security Assembly (LPSA) in Tagum City’s Bulwagan ng Lalawigan on Thursday, while National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales was delivering a speech. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo attended the event the next day. The soldiers managed to go online because the venue had been turned into a wifi hotspot for the event. Click here for more photos. (davaotoday.com photo)
Salupongan believed that their opposition to the Integrated Forestry Management Agreement logging project must have prompted the military to intensify their operation in the area. The lumads have been fighting against the government-backed IFMA for a long time now because it threatens to intrude into their ancestral domain. Your browser may not support display of this image.
Press Release December 2, 2007 The Exodus of the Lumad Communities of Lagangan and Km. 22, Anahao Daan evacuees swell…
