ANTICIPATED REUNION
New People’s Army’s (NPA) Prisoner of war, PO3 Maula Tato Ali, gets a warm welcome from his wife and relatives Thursday outside the Bishop’s Palace in Kidapawan City, Cotabato province.…
NPA says rice confiscation meant to stop vote buying
By DAVAO TODAY
Fermiza said that some local candidates have been hoarding rice and are now distributing it to win votes, an act, she said, that insults the people of North Cotabato “who are reeling from extreme hunger and poverty.”
IN DEBT. Carlos Anacleto shares how lack of government support forced them to go to traders or money-lenders and incur heavy debts. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Farmers lament heavy debts, low incomes
Usurious schemes and failure of the government to support farmers bury them in a vicious debt cycle. Farmers are left fending for themselves.
CANDLES FOR JUSTICE. "Let the candles we light upon Pops' grave be our symbol in pursing justice for his killing," parish priest Pol Paracha says in a candle-lighting activity in Kidapawan City. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Justice remains elusive for slain Italian priest
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
MILITARY PULL-OUT. Farmers in Arakan town, North Cotabato call for military pull-out in the area as they condemn military abuses and the Aquino government's Oplan Bayanihan. (contributed photo)
Arakan farmers cry for justice during 25th year anniversary of Mendiola massacre
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN