Read more about the article In a span of 10 days, NPA holds 3 Prisoners of war
Communist guerillas sing the Internationale during the NPA anniversary celebration last March in Compostela Valley province. (davaotoday.com file photo by Ace R. Morandante)

In a span of 10 days, NPA holds 3 Prisoners of war

By DAVAO TODAY

The NPA warned it will continue to inflict blows against the AFP, PNP and paramilitary groups; detain POWs and “fortify people's defense against the onslaught of the rabid Oplan Bayanihan.”

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Read more about the article NPA says arrest of Gov. Uy’s police escort, a warning to all armed candidates
HELPING HANDS. “We’re so devastated,” Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy says Friday referring to the damage that typhoon Pablo brought to his province. He added, “But seeing people helping hands lifted our morale.” (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

NPA says arrest of Gov. Uy’s police escort, a warning to all armed candidates

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

The arrest and detention of Pansoy as “prisoner of war” and the confiscation of firearms, Ibarra noted, is a warning not just against Uy and his party mates, but to all candidates who are armed for they will be targets of the NPA “to protect the people” and to defend their territories.

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More irregularities in DSWD rehab for Pablo victims raised

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Romulo Serot and his son Remly, volunteers of the DSWD’s cash-for-work program after they lost their house, were surprised to learn that they received an amount lower than what the department’s liquidation report posted. What appalled them more was someone else signed the job orders for them.

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5,000 angry Pablo victims barricade ComVal-national highway

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Sobbing while delivering his speech under the late morning sun, Datu Matunao of the Matigasalog tribe in Sitio Bermuda, Mangayon village in Compostela town said, “Mag-unsa na lang mi? Among mga kayutaaan na-bar down na. Ang kabukiran nanga-opaw na tungod sa pagpangawkaw sa mga dagkong kompanya sa logging (What will happen to us now? Our lands have been destroyed, our mountains denuded by these big logging companies).”

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