By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today NPA’s Ka Parago said the fatalities were “armed combatants of the 69th IB Special Operations Team, not defenseless functionaries or civilians falsely depicted by the AFP,” pointing out that the same Army unit is responsible for the recent summary execution of a hemp farmer, Mires Esdang, in Malabog village, Paquibato District last October 18.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Adam Shaw, a mission intern who hailed from Brunswick, Ohio said that no matter who gets elected, “the policy of the US government in Southeast Asia is going to be the same” adding that US presence here continues because of the country’s huge natural resources.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “We demand that they admit to the crime; they should be punished for the loss of lives of the innocent civilians in the massacre”-- Pastor Sadrach Sabella, secretary-general of Karapatan-Socsksargends
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today While there have been recent developments on the side of the GPH in response to a proposal submitted by the NDFP, Olalia, however, said he’s not at liberty to say what is its current status. He revealed though that the Aquino administration has sent emissaries to meet the negotiators in The Netherlands sometime last month.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Indigenous peoples’ activists cited 27 cases of extra-judicial killing have occurred under the present administration.