Politics

MILF says government could not be trusted

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

"The peace agreement is dead as far as the government is concerned but the MILF will continue to assert it. If we can't assert it in the national level, then, we're going to assert it internationally," said the MILF's Mohagher Iqbal, vowing to elevate the MILF position to the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

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Former logging community in Compostela wary of soldiers in the area

By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today

Sitio Valma of Barangay Ngan in the municipality of Compostela used to be a thriving logging community in the 1970s up to the 1990s. When the company's timber logging agreement (TLA) expired, Consuelo Valderrama, its owner, chose not to renew the contract, signalling the death of the boom town.

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Martial Law survivors say the past is still in their midst

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

He could hear the sound of his footsteps as he ran to escape his captors. His heart beat very fast. He went to their underground house, where they used to hold secret meetings against the Marcos government, to warn other activists to abandon the place. But men in uniforms captured him instead. "It was just like in the movies," recalls Bienvenido Lumbera, the National Artist for Literature, who was once a Martial Law survivor.

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Goodbye to a ‘true revolutionary’

Thousands of peasants from Southern Mindanao, including old acquaintances, bid farewell to New People's Army leader Valerio "Ka Richard" Mante Jr. as he is laid down to his final rest, September 30, in Forest Lake memorial park in Davao City. A former secretary-general of the progressive group Bayan before he joined the NPA, Mante is remembered well as a teacher, a cultural artist and a true soldier of the people. MORE PHOTOS HERE. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan and Jonald Mahinay)

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Ka Richard’s last call: advance our fighting tasks for the CPP’s 40 years

(NPA pays highest tribute to Comrade Valerio "Ka Richard" Mante, Jr.) The Ruperto Tuyac command (RTC), 5th pulang bagani company of the New People's Army-southern Mindanao pays its highest tribute…

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