By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Samera Amerkhan, a resident of Barangay North San Juan in Davao City's Agdao District believes that they have a right to remain in their lot as they still have a pending case in the Court of Appeals. “Our lawyers asked (them) that we all wait for it.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today In a video presented during the briefing, the day-care teacher Mutya Acosta said the children are in constant fear due to the presence of the army in the barangay hall. She added that some children do not like to attend classes because they can see uniformed men with high-powered firearms roaming around.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Oscar Manila said, he did not deserve such punishment for fighting for what is right, recalling that youth activists like him during Marcos’ time only demanded change in the way government was run.
BY JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today The NPA admitted they targeted the military detachment to “emasculate the enemy and wipe out its structure that has placed the lives and properties of the people in danger” but made a mistake “in considering the circumstances, combat intelligence and all pertinent operational information in instigating the action.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today One of the angles the residents asked the authorities to look into was the drinking-spree that took place inside the detachment from the afternoon until the evening of September 1. Nevertheless, the presence of the detachment in the center of the village and lying near a civilian facility was criticized by the residents of Fatima.