By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
For lawyer Michael Pito of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao, historical accounts would show that the Sultanate of Sulu has established its sovereignty over Sabah. “It was in a sovereign capacity when he entered into a transaction with a British company. Sabah in the hearts and minds of the Moro people, it is part of their political territory, and not just (their) property.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“Sabah ang nagpapaganda at nagpapapangit ng relasyon natin with Malaysia mula po noong 1960s. Lumaki ang gulo natin sa Silangan dahil sa sigalot na yan. Ngayon po ay nagbago na. Partner na natin ang Malaysia sa pag uusap sa MILF. Tumulong ng isang dekada hangang umabot tayo sa pag pirma ng Framework Agreement. Tayo po ay maayos na lahi. Papasalamatan ba natin sila ng kaguluhan? Mali naman natin iyon.” — President Benigno Aquino III
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao City
With the capture, Aquino said he had tasked the AFP to reassess if the country can still afford to send a number of people, by the thousands, for the deployments everywhere in the world.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“He’s worthy of emulation as a leader who inspired his people to wage a Bolivarian revolution that truly empowered the majority of the Venezuelans who are poor and put a stop to the elites’ greed and plunder of Venezuela’s rich-oil resources.” Atty. Carlos Zarate, second nominee, Bayan Muna Party
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
In a statement, Ka Sandawa, spokesperson of the NPA’s Zenaida Beron Command said a “military tribunal” meted out the standing order against Paulino ‘Jun’ Landim, Jr. last March 2 for his participation as “a military spy.”
By DAVAO TODAY
“The believers of the peace process are the poor. Perhaps, this hope is rooted on their conviction that there would never be development if there is no peace. No society is ever mature if it is hounded by chaos, by uncertainty, by war.” — Rey Cuizon, IPO specialist
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
On Monday, Cristina Jose was reportedly on her way to Davao City to report a recent incident of blacklisting by members of the 67th Infantry Battalion of Pablo victims who attended the February 25-28 barricade at the DSWD regional office in Davao City.
By IRENE V. DAGUDOG
Davao Today
(Mayor) Duterte-Carpio, according to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan’s Sheena Duazo, seemed to have “a wrong concept of peace and order,” as she called the mayor’s apprehension “out-of-touch with the plight of the poor.”
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Cristina Morales Jose, a councilwoman of Binondo village, Baganga town in Davao Oriental, was one of the leaders of a camp-out at the DSWD regional office last week, according to Pastor Jaime Jurie, secretary general of Karapatan, in a text message.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
Nur Misuari, chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) said he is willing to go to Sabah and talk to the troops who launched a standoff, “in a brotherly way.”
