by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 19, 2012
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
The ceasefire coverage, Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesman of the NPA’s Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command said, is extended to other parts of their regional jurisdiction which are not directly hit by typhoon Pablo to help address the said crisis especially in the more than 24 towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental where over 33 percent of its “revolutionary forces” live and over a million of peasants, workers, lumads and ordinary poor are affected.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 18, 2012
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
During the special session of the City Peace and Order Council Monday at the City Hall, Mayor Sara Duterte expressed concern whether authorities manning the checkpoints know how to profile and identify suspected terrorists.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 17, 2012
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“It will have profound implications for improving the health and lives of women throughout the country,” said Carlos Conde, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 14, 2012
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“To say that the NPA ”kidnapped” children who were also victims of Pablo, is indeed, a claim that only the fascist and devious AFP can readily concoct and spin.” — Ka Boyet Makatindog, spokesperson of NPA’s Guerilla Front 34
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 13, 2012
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
In a statement emailed on Wednesday and dated December 5, Ka Oris, spokesperson of NDFP-Mindanao said the ceasefire order given to the New People’s Army in the typhoon-hit areas is meant to “pave the way for a safe, unhampered and speedy rescue of victims, and to conduct a speedy and unhampered relief operations in the affected communities.”
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 11, 2012
By MICK M. BASA
Davao Today
Indonesian Consul General to the Philippines, Eko Hartono, said the latest Philippines-Indonesia Military Cooperation (Philindo MC), which is a joint training of the two countries’ air forces, navy and the army is aimed “to fight terrorist groups” known to have been operating in North Sulawesi and Mindanao which are considered a common border to both countries.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 11, 2012
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Manobo mother Aisa Pinantao, 23 from Sitio Kalingahon, Noa village said they were forced to evacuate because the military has dropped bombs to their farms, just few meters away from their house. With her three children and other neighbors, they left their homes and livelihood and forced to stay at the village center for safety last December 3.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 10, 2012
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“The extrajudicial killing of Quijano by suspected state security forces clearly shows that the culture of impunity prevails under the Aquino administration,” says KMP spokesperson Antonio Flores in a statement. He added that Quijano’s relatives and colleagues believe his death was “due to his active opposition to large-scale mining and illegal logging in Zamboanga Del Sur.”
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 10, 2012
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Tagle said he would try to communicate with the bishops of the countries of origin of these foreign mining firms. “I believe church leaders in these countries would be interested to know the implications of mining activities of these firms,” he said.
by DAVAO TODAY
Dec 08, 2012
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Instead, they were met by Undersecretary Francisco Baraan III who told them that De Lima was with President Noynoy Aquino to visit the areas in Mindanao devastated by typhoon ‘Pablo.’ De Lima was present in the post-Typhoon Pablo briefing with Aquino, cabinet officials, government agencies and local chief executives in Davao City. During the briefing, she made no statements.
