The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) is incensed at the sudden requirement imposed by major Eugene Batara,…
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
Villagers said soldiers mauled and illegally detained three men from Simulao for two days and tied them to a tree. They also allegedly robbed a civilian’s motorcycle and destroyed several properties in Barangay Caatihan. In the hinterlands of Tubungan, in Barangay Caatihan of Boston town, soldiers stopped and confiscated three sacks of rice that two men bought from Boston upon suspicion that these are supply for Communist rebels.
It has always been the poor who are most vulnerable and exploited, who bear the heavy price for Gloria Macapagal…
Members of the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) in Central Mindanao, after an extensive consultation among each…
General Santos City — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff general Alexander Yano ordered the Philippine Army’s…
Kidapawan City-More than 20 families or 120 individuals still remain at cramped evacuation center in Nalapaan in Pikit, North Cotabato….
An interfaith mission deplores the government’s all-out war in Central Mindanao for causing trauma and suffering among hundreds and thousands…
Cotabato City-Cotabato provincial governor Jesus Sacdalan presses the need for the members of civilian volunteer organizations (CVOs) in the province…
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today
The Task Force Davao (TFD) has organized a 4, 000-strong barangay defense system (BDS) to counter the growing number of Communist guerrillas operating in the outskirts of the city, Col. Oscar Lactao, TFD commander, said. Lactao said the military gathered local residents and organized them into a BDS to counter the growing presence of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Toril district. He said the military recruited one “volunteer” from each household for the barangay defense system.
