By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
Presidential Peace Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr, said the government still insists on a ceasefire before the holding of the peace talks so that the rebels can prove that they are not terrorists, after all.
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
Sonny Africa, research head of Ibon Philippines, said that six decades of ODAs in the Philippines failed to address poverty and social inequality because they are carried out based on the agenda of donor countries, not on the genuine needs of the poor.
The cold- blooded murder of Danilo Pitao, the brother of New People’s Army (NPA) commander Ka Parago, is a desperate…
The PASAKA confederation of Lumad organizations in southern Mindanao decried the baptism of east Mindanao commander major general Armando L….
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the National Security Council has come up with a revised draft of the government’s position on ancestral domain to resume peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
Militant groups were dismayed over President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s move to strengthen her political party amidst the growing demands for more affordable food, lower prices of oil from the people.
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today
Retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said he sees no conflict at all in his being a former military officer and his recent post as a peace adviser.
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
Arroyo said she has ordered an all out military offensive not only against the Abu Sayyaf, but also against the Communist New People’s Army (NPA) so that the government can finally “return Mindanao to its people,” she said.
�Major Medel Aguilar has proven all the more how ignorant he is about the rights of indigenous peoples. His statements…
(A Statement on the Disarming of Another Phil. Army Detachment) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is at it…
