Datu Guibang Apoga, the chieftain of the Ata-Manobo tribe in the hinterlands of Talaingod, has been in hiding for a decade now.
The workers and their families held a silent picket in front of the Panabo City Council to solicit support. They were retrenched after DITFI-Dole Stanfilco arbitrarily announced ?closure? on Oct. 8. But no help came from any of the councilors, prompting the workers to go back to the picket line at the entrance of the container yard. There, soldiers confronted them.
The military continued attacking Muslim communities even during the Ramadan, according to human-rights and Moro groups. "When entire communities get displaced by war, how are you going to celebrate Ramadan?" one of them asked. "Ramadan completely loses its meaning. Foremost in your mind, when you're in an evacuation center, is how to survive, where to look for food, or to keep yourself from being harassed, or get hit by a bomb."
The Alejandro Lanaja Command-Front 3 Operations Command of the New People's Army is holding under its custody Army detachment commander Sgt. Raul Reyes, along with paramilitary Civilian Action Auxiliary members Glorieto Mahumas, and Rudy Villaflor. The three were arrested during the October 7 NPA tactical offensive that successfully raided the 72nd Infantry Battalion-AFP detachment in Canidkid, Montevista in Compostela Valley Province.
