By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “Our tribal chieftain arrived and confirmed that Totong was killed because he was mistaken for an NPA guide. He said they believed him to be in the company of seven other men and was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun” – Manuel Mabinsi, victim’s brother
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Dagok blocked the backhoe operator’s view as she finds this the only way she could stop the machine from gnashing its teeth on the land -- the land where they have lived and tilled for years; the land they call home in Bariquit Compound, Purok 13, Bugac in Maa village.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “Karon, bisan bugas maglisod nami palit, dili pud mi kapanguha og lagutmon sa bukid kay mahadlok mi nga masakpan sa mga sundalo (Now, we can hardly buy rice, we can’t even gather root crops for fear that soldiers might caught us)” -- George, a lumad peasant in Magpet
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Dubbed “Our River, Our Life,” (Orol) the campaign focuses on the two main river systems in Mindanao Island, the Agusan and the Rio Grande, which support and sustain the more than eight million inhabitants or a third of Mindanao population.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today From the statements e-mailed to the media, Communist rebels admitted killing Ansabu in Sitio Kiapat, Ganatay village in Arakan town; and Ogaw in Sitio Lumondao, Marilog village in Davao City.