By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “Unsaon pa namo pag-tapping sa goma kay mahadlok man mi nga dudahan mi (nga mga NPA) kung naa nami sa among kaumahan (How could we go to work when they might find us in our farms and charge us as NPAs?)” one of the evacuees from Sto. Nino village told a local radio station here.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “Sakit kaayo, biktima na gani mi sa Pablo, gidugangan pa gyud ang among problema, (It really pains me. We were already reeling from Pablo. Now, they are giving us more problems),” said Grace Curso, a resident of Monkayo town and one of those charged. She lost her sibling at the height of Typhoon Pablo last December 4.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “We never contributed significant (amount) as to alter or change the climate. It’s the US, the western world and China,” Duterte said.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “The latest environmental crime committed by the US Navy adds up to other environmental offenses by US imperialism and kowtowed by the Aquino government” -- Rubi del Mundo, spokesman for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Southern Mindanao
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today NPA's Sanchez said five troops were wounded in the ambush that was aimed at “deterring troops” who were on their way to the tactical command post in Alang-alang detachment. He noted that it is where the military “mounted two batteries of 105 howitzers that conducted shelling operations towards the village of Cabilao.”