NPA raids send Davao Region business in jitters

By ROGER M. BALANZA
A Davao City business leader has expressed concern attacks by communist rebels on business would have grave repercussions on over-all business climate in the Davao Region.
Lawyer Bienvenido Cariaga, former president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said fear factor would hold business expansions or drive away new investments.
New [...]

PHILIPPINE GOVT, MILF TOLD TO EXPLORE NEW PEACE TALKS MODELS

By ROGER M. BALANZA
The Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) may be using a defective approach in peace negotiation and were urged to study models used in other countries to hasten the search for peace in Mindanao.
The Institute of Bangsamoro Studies (IBS) said the government and MILF, the Moro group fighting for [...]

Kid snatchers yarn spreads fear in Davao

Children kidnapped for internal organs?
 
Rumors of a kidnap gang abducting young children in North Cotabato have spread to Davao City, thanks to text messaging.
 
Police here immediately dismissed as a hoax circulating text messages about the gang snatching children to be sold for their organs.
 
But Sasa Police precinct chief Rommil Mitra cautioned parents to be [...]