John D. Lukacs recalls the escape of ten American POWs from the Japanese prison camp, the Davao Penal Colony on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on April 4, 1943. The imprisoned men were ...

MANILA, Philippines — An incarcerated former policeman on Wednesday corroborated the earlier testimonies of two inmates on the execution of three Chinese drug lords inside the Davao penal colony ...

DAVAO CITY – A broadcaster who spent two years at the Davao Penal Colony (Dapecol) after his conviction in a libel case filed by Speaker Prospero Nograles over the so-called “Burlesk King ...

Under the deal, the Floirendo-owned company uses about 3,000 hectares of the Davao Penal Colony as a banana plantation. The deal was renewed for another 25 years in 2003, when Floirendo was ...

In related developments: — President (Corazon) Aquino has cleared the military of charges that it bungled the handling of the hostage-taking at the Davao Penal Colony.