Mindanao DAILY THE PURVEYOR OF TRUTH , JUSTICE, AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume VI, No. 051
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Tuesday
July 26, 2016
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Duterte declares truce with Reds
DUTERTE FIRST SONA. All available seats at the House of Representatives in Quezon City are occupied during President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa on Monday (July 25, 2016). PNA photo courtesy of Avito C. Dalan
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– President Rodrigo Duterte’s order of unilateral ceasefire with the CPP-NPA-NDF is a gesture of goodwill, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said Monday. CPP-NPA-NDF stands for Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army - National Democratic Front. Wildon Barros, Bayan regional chairman in Northern Mindanao, said that Duterte has shown sincerity in pursuing peace with the CPP-NPA-NDF. He said that a unilateral ceasefire is a positive start that would lead to a successful peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF. Barros, however, said that militant and civil society groups in Northern Mindanao still want an assuring response from Duterte about the demands of the farmers and the marginalized groups in the country. He said that Duterte mentioned only in passing about the groups petition See TRUCE, page A7
Curacha. Fish vendors in Dapitan City display fresh
deep sea crabs or curacha from the island of Silinog, between the island of Mindanao and the province of Negros, early Sunday morning, July 24, 2016. A kilo of curacha costs 200 pesos. Photo courtesy of Joe Torres
Duterte frustrates Cagayanons on nondisclosure of ‘drug list’ By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor Militant groups gather in Oro. Mindanao photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
Militant groups rally in Oro to support Duterte’s first Sona CAGAYAN de Oro City––About 5,000 militant groups from various areas in Northern Mindanao met in this port capital to express support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (Sona) Monday afternoon. Led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and civil society groups from all
over the region, the group started to converge at the provincial capitol compound Sunday night and is scheduled to hold a march-rally Monday afternoon toward the city’s downtown area of Divisoria Plaza here. Group leaders said that the See groups, page A7
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– C agayanons expressed frustrations over President Rodrigo Duterte’s nondisclosure of the names of elected public officials in the “drug list.” Ariel Pelarion, 44, a laborer, said that he was excited that Duterte would mention the names of elected public officials, especially from Mindanao, who are reportedly engaged in illegal drug activities. “Ako gihulatan nga iya
isulti ang mga ngalan sa mga politiko kay daghan man god mga tsismis kalabot ani ” (I was waiting that Duterte would mention the names of elected public officials believed engaged in illegal drugs because there are some insinuations about this), Pelarion said. Joshua Tamandoc, 38, a worker of a private firm, said that he listened to Duterte’s SONA because of rumors that the names of public officials in the “drug list” would be disclosed. Tamandoc said that See duterte, page A7
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