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.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today In a recent psycho-social activity facilitated by the children’s rights advocacy group Children’s Rehabilitation Center, the two boys narrated their experience during their four-hour walk with soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “Some of our witnesses are reluctant. They don’t like to be included in the program.”-- Fr. Peter Geremia, PIME, chairperson of the Justice for Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio Movement.