Wednesday, September 03, 2008 (Philippines)

Fishes are lined up at the sea wall of Sta. Ana pier, the day's catch of artisanal fishermen using hook and line. (Sun.Star Davao/Toto Lozano) NEW People's Army (NPA) members burned a dump truck and took three policemen hostage during a morning rampage in the gold rush mountain of Diwalwal on Tuesday. Reports showed that about 40 communist rebels under Ka Daryl of the NPA's Front Guerilla Unit 20 put up a checkpoint at sitio Onggoyan in Barangay Mt. Diwata around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday before swooping in on the mining area. Get updates and join Dabawenyos Kadayawan 2008 celebration [full story]