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DUTERTE NOT RETURNING TO RPOC DESPITE REBEL THREATS

May 22, 2008

“NPAs advancing to urban centers”
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said New People’s Army rebels are bringing their offensive operations closer to urban centers, but said he is not taking back his post as chair of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) despite the threat.
This plan was bared [...]

Who is Norberto Manero, Jr?

May 16, 2008

April 11, 1985: Edilberto Manero shot dead Fr. Tullio Favali in Tulunan, North Cotabato, while Manero’s armed gang stood by revelling at the sight of the priest’s body.
Earlier that day, the Manero brothers — Edilberto, Norberto Jr., and Elpidio had conspired with a few others to liquidate a number of suspected communist sympathizers. Among those [...]