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Foreign peace advocates score “neglected” condition in Typhoon Pablo areas

By TYRONE A. VELEZ
Davao Today

“My taxes are sent (here) for military aid. Money should build roads, should be given to health care, decent things for the people, not military aid,” says Ron Gochez of Union del Barro, Los Angeles.

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HISTORICAL INJUSTICE. In this file photo, President Benigno Aquino III stands beside MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim during the Sajahatra Bangsamoro program at the MILF camp in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao province February 12. MCPA’s Amira Lidasan said that the GPH-MILF Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro “does not include the entire span of issues faced by the people” following the Sabah crisis in Malaysia. “The violence inflicted by the Malaysian forces on troops of the Sultanate in Sabah, being condoned by the President, strikes at the heart of the deep-seated “historical injustice” felt by the Moro people leveled on them,” Lidasan said. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Wealth-sharing for whom?

When Davao Today sought the reactions of some members of the academe, they praised the efforts of the peace panels, at the same time, raised serious concerns.

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Fathers of NPA captives seek help of Third Party Facilitator, Duterte for the release of their sons

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

Bishop Modesto Villasanta, spokesperson for the Sowing the Seeds of Peace, said they are always ready to facilitate such request.  His group already facilitated a number of releases of NPA captives in the different far-flung areas in the region.  They acted upon the request of the families, local government units and church denominations, among others.

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NPA’s Parago declares 5 Army men as Prisoners of war

By DAVAO TODAY
Davao Today

The NPA said their “active counter-intelligence and subsequent operations” were meant to punish AFP units, especially the Civil Military Operations Battalion headed by Maj. Jake Obligado, for continuing to “encroach, settle and conduct psychological warfare and intelligence operations” in the villages of Paquibato District.

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