WANTED


WANTED. A poster showing the faces of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders Ameril Ombra Kato and Abdullah Macapaar alias Bravo and offering prize money for their capture, is displayed in this passenger jeepney plying the Maa to downtown Davao route. Kato, who heads the MILF 105th Base Command; and Bravo, who heads the MILF 102nd Base Command, led the fighting in Maguindanao and Lanao del Norte after the failed signing of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain between the government and the Moro rebel group in August. (davaotoday.com photo by CJ Kuizon)

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DECEPTIVE CALM


DECEPTIVE CALM. A stark contrast against the decrepit shacks surrounding it, this elegant mosque along the banks of Lake Lanao witnessed the exchange of gunfire between government troops and the Moro rebels after the botched signing of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) in August. The MOA would have led to a peace pact between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

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Goodbye to a ‘true revolutionary’

Thousands of peasants from Southern Mindanao, including old acquaintances, bid farewell to New People's Army leader Valerio "Ka Richard" Mante Jr. as he is laid down to his final rest, September 30, in Forest Lake memorial park in Davao City. A former secretary-general of the progressive group Bayan before he joined the NPA, Mante is remembered well as a teacher, a cultural artist and a true soldier of the people. MORE PHOTOS HERE. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan and Jonald Mahinay)

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Photo Essay: A call for a stop to human rights violations in Compostela Valley

According to Karapatan, human-rights violations in Southern Mindanao have increased as Oplan Bantay Laya, aimed at crushing the communist rebellion, is nearing its deadline in 2010. Click here for more pictures


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