By DAVAO TODAY
Davao Today
“The military has been committing grave abuses against civilians through its peace and development operations under the Aquino government’s counter-insurgency operational plan Bayanihan.” – Pastor Sadrach Sabella, Karapatan-Socsksargends coordinator
By IRENE V. DAGUDOG Davao Today “Pinaagi sa gifile nga kaso batok sa mga sundalo, hinay-hinay na mahatagan og hustisya ang kamatayon ni Juvy ug sa iyang mga anak (Through the filing of case against the soldiers, Juvy’s and her sons’ death will slowly be given justice).” – Pastor Sadrach Sabella, Karapatan-Socsksargen spokesperson
By WARREN CAHAYAG Davao Today They are demanding the military to account for such “act of barbarity”, saying that relieving the perpetrators is not enough but the pull-out of these troops “who have become attack dogs against lumads who are only defending their land from being turned into ugly mine sites.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today But for Bernard Viñan, secretary general of the Citizens Alliance Unified for Sectoral Empowerment in Davao del Sur, the province need not be put under “Comelec control” if only authorities are keen in dismantling private armies of known political families.
By JOHN RIZLE SALIGUMBA
Small-scale miners grapple with the impact of landslides and the government’s demolition order.