‘NO TO EPAL’ CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional director Prescila Razon (center) launched the "Bawal ang EPAL Dito" campaign for the upcoming barangay elections. she warns incumbent barangay officials from tapping the deparment's 4Ps funds intended for indigents to woo votes. Along with her is Department of Interior and Local Government Assistant Regional Director Wilhelm Suyko (left) and Commission on Election Acting Regional Director Tomas S. Valera. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

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MOTHER’S TEARS

Elizabeth Gargar, mother of detained physicist Kim Gargar, broke down in tears as she belied the military's claim that her son was captured as a New People's Army in Barangay Aliwagwag, Cateel, Davao Oriental province. Elizabeth and her husband, Manuel (right), are visiting Kim at Mati provincial jail this weekend. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

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MILITARY SLAMMED FOR DISPLACEMENTS

Activists picketed the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police Joint Peace & Security Coordinating Council at the Waterfront Hotel in Lanang, saying the AFP’s military operations resulted to ‘un-peace’ with the displacement of indigenous peoples in Compostela, and the killing of lumad supporter Benjie Planos (in poster) in Loreto, Agusan del Sur. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

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