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Police had identified seven persons for the burning of equipment in Talaingod last week.

When they killed Ate Beng, it was not only her body that they were trying to destroy; they were after her ideals. By thinking that a bullet could pierce through an established principle, a member of the CAFGU shot Benjaline Hernadez near the head when her hands were clearly raised.

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Far South Mindanao issued a statement declaring its peace consultant and her husband missing for more than a month.

Councilor Bai Halila Sudagar formally vacated her post as a councilor during the regular session of the City Council on Tuesday, April 10, after the Certificate of Affirmation (COA) from the National Commission on Indigenous People expired last March 30.

Newly-appointed Davao City councilor Carmelo “Bebot” Justo Clarion attends his first regular session of the City Council on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Clarion served as the village chief of Barangay Mulig, Toril for eight years before joining the City Council. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Barangay Captain Carmelo Clarion of Mulig, Toril formally assumed the vacant third district councilor seat on Monday, April 9, and vowed to address the needs of barangays such as potable water supply among others.

Cases of abuses against civilians allegedly perpetrated by state security forces continue to pile up in parts of Northern Mindanao as martial rule is still in effect in Mindanao, a report of a fact-finding body revealed Monday.