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MAYOR MEETS GUERRILLA LEADER Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte jests with his “long friend” New People’s Army guerrilla Ka Parago saying he should be the next mayor of Davao or at least barangay captain of Paquibato. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Duterte won’t close window to talk peace with Reds

By EARL O. CONDEZA Davao Today Paquibato District, Davao City – “Kami sa gobyerno, dili mi dapat magsarado tanan, magbilin kag bisan gamay nga abli sa bintana nga makig-istorya ta…

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Abuses, then and now, for Agusanons

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Juanita Loreto said prior to the military operation, the Bagani members had been going around the community forcing them to sign a "tie-up" agreement with a company to build a plantation for tuba-tuba (jathropa) and biograss."We refused their demand for us to ask to sign a blank paper that would sell-off our land to the company," she said.

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Thorough, objective probe on CDO blast urged by peace advocates

by TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Lawyer Beverly Musni, convenor of Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao (InPeace) told Davao Today said she joins the public in condemning the bombing as it “intends to sow fear by attacking civilians.” She also "challenged authorities to answer questions by the public, to leave no stone unturned to find the truth and justice for the victims.”

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NDF says delay in release of 5 POWs due to ‘meticulous’ revolutionary court process

A month after the New People’s Army captured five soldiers in Paquibato District, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Southern Mindanao said its “Revolutionary Court “ is reviewing the cases of the captives “as thoroughly as possible” so that the latter's “direct culpability “ or “innocence “ is “meticulously established.”

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