By IRENE V. DAGUDOG
Davao Today
(Mayor) Duterte-Carpio, according to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan’s Sheena Duazo, seemed to have “a wrong concept of peace and order,” as she called the mayor’s apprehension “out-of-touch with the plight of the poor.”
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Cristina Morales Jose, a councilwoman of Binondo village, Baganga town in Davao Oriental, was one of the leaders of a camp-out at the DSWD regional office last week, according to Pastor Jaime Jurie, secretary general of Karapatan, in a text message.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
Nur Misuari, chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) said he is willing to go to Sabah and talk to the troops who launched a standoff, “in a brotherly way.”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“Nangayo kami og blessing nga molampos kami sa katuyoan nga madala ang tingog sa tribu didto sa kongreso ug luwas kami sa peligro (We ask that we will be successful in our aim to bring the voice of the lumads in the Congress and that the gods will protect us from danger),” Capuyan, Katribu’s third nominee, told davaotoday.com.
BY MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Davao City Vice-Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who flew in at the release site onboard his private chopper received Pfc. Jezreel Culango and Senior Police Officer 1 Ruel Pasion at the release site during the turnover program. He later brought the two with him onboard his chopper and took them to their respective regional headquarters in Camp Panacan and Camp Catitipan, in Davao City.
By IRENE V. DAGUDOG
Davao Today
Lawyer Jocelyn Puzon, spokesperson of the three employees and one of the victims of the harassment of Denis Adre said the latter abused his power by trying to fire them to cover up his alleged graft practices in the insurance company.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
The NPA’s ComVal North Davao South Agusan Sub-regional Command said a four-day suspension of military offensives will take effect Tuesday, February 19 to 22 in the towns of Kapalong, San Isidro, Asuncion and New Corella in Davao del Norte and in Laak, Compostela Valley.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Romulo Serot and his son Remly, volunteers of the DSWD’s cash-for-work program after they lost their house, were surprised to learn that they received an amount lower than what the department’s liquidation report posted. What appalled them more was someone else signed the job orders for them.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Citing anomalies in the relief distribution and the DSWD using it as a venue for ‘communist witch hunting’ in connivance with the military, the organization of Pablo survivors under Barug Katawhan (People Rise Up), through its spokesperson, Karlos Trangia demanded Soliman’s ouster at a protest outside the DSWD regional office, Tuesday.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim meanwhile, in his opening statement cited that while it is “a bold step” on the side of the GPH to forge partnership with them, they view it as a partnership, “not with the usual institutions of the government but with one of its adversaries in a remarkable journey to peace.”
