Alvin Luque, the former Bayan secretary-general in Davao City who is being hounded by allegations that he was a member of the New People’s Army, fires off a scathing New Year letter to his chief tormentor, Col. Eduardo del Rosario, erstwhile commander of the Task Force Davao.
DAVAO CITY — A team of six Mindanao journalists, two of them from this city, is set to leave for Sydney, Australia, today for a short course on “Conflict-Resolving Media” at the University of Sydney Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.
Comprising the media delegation are Amalia Cabusao, Mindanao Times editor-in-chief; Temujin Ocampo, GMA-Davao TV news anchor; Julie Alipala, Jeoffrey Maitem, of Philippine Daily Inquirer; Edwin Fernandez, DXMS Cotabato station manager; and Allen Estabillo, MindaNews, a leading online news organization in Mindanao.
A report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer today said women in Davao del Sur live in fear following a series of attacks, believed to be by members of the cult.…
A bomb exploded in Cotabato City today, Friday, wounding two people. Police said the crude explosive device was placed outside a restaurant. Reports (here and here) said the police have…
MANILA: The United States government announced Tuesday that it was going ahead with a major military exercise with the Philippines. The announcement came three days after Manila transferred to U.S. custody an American soldier convicted last month of raping a Filipina.
A local court?s refusal to turn the Marine, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, over to the U.S. prompted Washington to cancel the exercise, originally scheduled next month and would involve 5,000 American and Filipino troops.