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Leader of farmers’ group shot dead in Davao City

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)


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Soldiers captured by NPA now worry over losing their job

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.


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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)

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Rights group calls on NPA to look into kids’ death in an encounter

Human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao expresses deep concern over the fate of the two children who were hurt during the firefight between the government troops and the New People's Army…

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