The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) would intensify its operations against illegal drugs to reduce the crime rate in the city this year.
The New People’s Army belied Sunday that the three government troops killed in an ambush in Mabini, Compostela Valley last December 29, 2014 reportedly on a holiday break, saying that the troops were on combat operations at that time.
Prayers, testimonies and appeals for immediate release are pouring in for the Compostela Valley Provincial jail warden who was held captive by the New People’s Army.
A spokesperson of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the newly-formed political party of Moro Islamic Liberation Front, said that UBJP will not be a traditional political party.
The family of Jose Mervin Coquilla, the jail warden who was held captive by the New People’s Army, sought the help of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to lobby for his release.
The breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters denied Thursday it was responsible for the bomb explosion in the public market in M’lang town on New Year’s Eve.
The legal counsel of the government peace panel expressed confidence that Congress will finalize the Bangsamoro Basic Law by March that will mandate the administrative and economic functions of the new Bangsamoro autonomous region.
During the 46th year anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines, a communist leader here said “the revolutionary struggle continues to grow ever stronger toward victory in the southernmost region of the country.”
This was revealed when the mayor reacted to the facebook posts of Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman, Jose Maria Sison who said that “Mayor Duterte should become president if he is willing to have a democratic coalition government with the revolutionary forces and other patriotic and progressive forces of our people.”
During his weekly program, Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa, Sunday, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte appealed to Davaoenos to obey the rules.
