By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “How does any group take responsibility where so many were unintentionally injured? It is time to wage peace,” says Jesuit Fr. Joel Tabora, President of the Ateneo de Davao University in reaction to this attack.
BY JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today The NPA admitted they targeted the military detachment to “emasculate the enemy and wipe out its structure that has placed the lives and properties of the people in danger” but made a mistake “in considering the circumstances, combat intelligence and all pertinent operational information in instigating the action.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today One of the angles the residents asked the authorities to look into was the drinking-spree that took place inside the detachment from the afternoon until the evening of September 1. Nevertheless, the presence of the detachment in the center of the village and lying near a civilian facility was criticized by the residents of Fatima.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Bariquit Compound residents are happy that the four youths who were arrested by the police in last Friday’s demolition attempt are now free and can now join them again.
By RON C. CLARION and MARIA LUZ M. GELDORE Davao Today What they said they could not understand about last Friday’s incident was that aside from getting beaten up by the police, they were also electrocuted and held at gunpoint.