DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 April) – Extra care should be taken during military operations so as to avoid hurting civilians, a human rights official said amid reports offensives against the New Peoples Army have triggered evacuations of civilians and the furor raised over the death of a 9-year old girl in a recent encounter between soldiers and rebels in Compostela Valley.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 April) — The United Nations Children's Fund and the Moro National Liberation Front signed on Saturday an agreement that seeks to realize “extra-ordinary efforts and projects” for women and children in conflict-affected and inaccessible areas, the separatist group announced in its website.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 April) – His townmates here roared in jubilation as Filipino boxing icon Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao floored Mexican challenger in the eighth round of their 12-round World Boxing Council International Super Featherweight championship fight in the United States. Politics, however, has given a sour note to his victory with City Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. announcing the local government could not give him a hero’s welcome the usual way.
TULUNAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/15 April) — The parish priest of San Isidro Labrador Parish in this town has appealed to the faithful for financial and material assistance for the families of those killed and wounded in a road mishap in Matalam North Cotabato on April 10.
