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Military operations displace Ata Manobo families

TUCKED-IN. Using a piece of cloth slung to their bodies, lumad women swaddle their young ones, tucking them close to their bodies as they walk. Ata-Manobo women and children are among those displaced by the relentless military operations in Talaingod. Many of the residents were accused of being guerrillas. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)


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Dominguez, top mining execs on top of NPA list

The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, renewed its warning against foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc., telling the mining firm over the weekend to abandon its huge copper and gold project in South Cotabato or brace for violent attacks.

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Mothers, kids bewail high price of rice

Teresita Edir, a pushcart vendor in Agdao market, and her children join a recent march organized by the group Kadamay demanding the ouster of President Arroyo. Edir complains that her earnings could hardly buy a kilo of rice. "In Erap's time, we could buy rice at P10 a kilo," she recalls the time of former President Joseph Estrada. "Now, rice is P18 per kilo under Gloria! With a president like her, life only gets harder. She's corrupt and she has not done anything to alleviate the situation of poor." (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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