The National Democratic Front said the revolution has continued to advance in the island of Mindanao despite the government’s deployment of 60 percent of its armed forces here.

Davao City is placed under blue alert status as Tropical Depression “Onyok” entered the Philippine area of responsibility Wednesday afternoon.

The Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command said it condemned the burning of an IP (indigenous people) school in Surigao del Sur, adding it was a handiwork of “still unidentified lawless armed group wearing Army uniforms.”

The New People’s Army has issued an open letter requesting Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to facilitate the turnover of P25,000 which was found during the capture of Loreto town mayor Dario Otaza to his family.

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will claim the P25,000 from the New People’s Army that has been taken from Loreto, Agusan del Sur Mayor Dario Otaza and his son Daryl who the NPA sentenced to death last October 19 in Butuan City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

The NPAs said they “meted the maximum sentence of death penalty against Loreto Mayor and Bagani paramilitary leaders Dario Otaza and his son, Daryl,” on October 19 in Butuan City.

Agusan del Sur Mayor Dario Otaza, 57 and his son Daryl, 27, were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of their bodies by the Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Bitan-agan, Butuan City at 6:50 am Tuesday.

Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario was elected chairperson of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Board-Regional Development Committee (RDCom) for the Mindanao Area.

Two members of the Army and an identified member of the Magahat-Bagani paramilitary group were accosted for taking footages of the funeral of massacre victims in Surigao del Sur on Sunday.

Children of victims of paramilitary killings in Surigao town urged President Benigno Aquino III to end the killings of indigenous peoples or Lumads.