President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his relentless fight against drugs in his various speeches at different occassions on Monday, August 29 and told his critics not to “scare" him about human rights.
“Even ordinary Dabawenyos can become heroes -- a government official, a police officer, a teacher, a traffic enforcer, an overseas Filipinos worker, a 'kasambahay', a father, a mother, everyone.”
Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza said that it is important to set mechanisms to prevent skirmishes, to identify the party who will intervene, and to find out how such incident occurred under a ceasefire
After 34 days in captivity, three police officials and a non uniformed personnel were released by the New People's Army on Saturday afternoon, August 27, in a village in Barangay Mat-i here.
After the declaration of ceasefire with the National Democratic Front, the Armed Forces' Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) announced that they planned to advance the Peace and Development Outreach Program PDOP in communities here.