Politics

ENCOUNTER. Bayan Muna's Joel Virador raises a clenched fist to the camera during a chat with Major Medel Aguilar, chief of the Civil Relations Group 5 of the Philippine Army, at the May 1 Labor Day rally. Each assumes opposing stance in an argument over the need for genuine change to uplift the condition of the working class. Aguilar wears a t-shirt that reads, "no to violence, no to armed struggle," while Virador wears one that calls for a stop to the militarization in the countryside. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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Rights group calls on NPA to look into kids’ death in an encounter

Human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao expresses deep concern over the fate of the two children who were hurt during the firefight between the government troops and the New People's Army…

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Prisoners of war accorded humane treatment while under custodial investigation

Two prisoners of war (POWs) are recently held by a unit of the Conrado Heredia Command-Front 20 Operations Command of the New People's Army. Sgt. Napoleon P. Gerasmio of the…

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Roadblocks fail to stop protesting Davao workers

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

On their way to Davao city, workers from the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte braved road inspections, 'surprise checkpoints' before they were able to join the Labor Day rally to express their demands for the P125 across-the-board wage increase, for government to bring down prices of basic commodities, including rice.

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