Peers of slain doctor worried over colleagues’ safety
By GERMELINA A. LACORTEPeñera’s name was not in the reported military list earlier leaked by Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo to the media. But groups like the United Integrated Health Services Foundation Incorporated (UIHSFI), where Peñera used to sit as Board member, and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), where he was a council member, were.
Dr. Jean Lindo, chair of the doctor’s group Rx for Peace, said the killing of Peñera has raised the concern of their colleagues over the safety of six other physicians identified in the military Order of Battle (OB) list. They included Dr. Ruben Robillo, Dr. Jose Lacuesta, Dr. Shalom Lorezana, Dr. Eugene Nalian, Dr. Rey Lasaka. The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) plans to call a meeting with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to clarify what’s on the document. Read on.
Davao mayor’s daughter braces for 2010
By DAISY C. GONZALES and CHERYLL D. FIEL
Sporting a new hairstyle and lashing back at her father’s fiercest political rival, Sara Duterte, the vice mayor daughter of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, announced she’s running for mayor in 2010. “This time, I will face them,” says the 31-year-old lawyer. Her announcement will pit her against House Speaker Prospero Nograles, the city’s first district representative believed to be gunning for the City Hall post when his term in Congress ends in 2010. Read the DavaoToday special feature by Daisy C. Gonzales and Cheryll D. Fiel
Activist doctor shot dead in Davao
By CHERYLL D. FIELDr. Rogelio “Bong” Peñera, head of the Department of Health (DOH) epidemiological research and surveillance unit tasked to monitor and address the A (H1N1) flu cases in the region, was killed in his car while going home. He was active in political campaigns that sought government’s attention to the sordid state of the country’s health care delivery.
Piñera was also a member of the groups Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), the Rx for Peace and the Health People United for the Removal of Gloria (Purga), a group of medical practitioners and health workers calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Read on.
Davao media group calls Nograles a bully
By GRACE S. UDDIN
Members of militant groups throwing tomatoes outside the office of House Speaker Nograles on June 10 to show their disgust at the Congress’ moves for Charter change.(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DAVAO CITY–Davao journalists called House Speaker Prospero Nograles a bully when he threatened one local TV station of libel after the network reported that militant groups threw tomatoes in front of his office.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao (NUJP-Davao) said Nograles is making an excuse to pass the Right of Reply Bill which media groups consider dangerous to press freedom.
“Speaker Prospero Nograles has unmasked himself as a bully,” said Jeffrey Tupas, secretary-general of NUJP-Davao. “He had no qualms about brandishing the power of his high office to threaten journalists.” Read on.
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ROTTEN TOMATOES. Members of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance)-Southern Mindanao throw tomatoes outside the office of House Speaker Prospero Nograles to show their indignation at the maneuver by majority Congress members to push for Charter Change. (
NO TO GLORIA! A member of peasant group, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, joins the picket against Charter Change outside the Davao city office of House Speaker Prospero Nograles. (
LIKE ZACCHAEUS. Like the short man Zacchaeus, a character in the Bible’s New Testament who climbed up the Sycamore tree to see Jesus more clearly, these young children enjoy the view from the top during the Araw ng Muling (Day of Muling) in Kapalong, Davao del Norte. They watch the free medical and dental services and the graduation rites of those enrolled in the literacy-numeracy program of Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc. (Misfi) in Kapalong. (
ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS. Tourists and some locales have their pictures taken with the Philippine eagle inside one of the city’s leading malls. The Philippine Eagle week celebration this year focuses on Philippine eagle and wildlife conservation. (AKP images)
BATTLE CRY. The cries,”Stop Cha-cha, stop Gloria!” reverberate in the streets of Davao during the People’s March June 10 torch rally. The group believes that changing the Constitution will only extend President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s stay in power. (
BATTLE CRY. The cries,”Stop Cha-cha, stop Gloria!” reverberate in the streets of Davao during the People’s March June 10 torch rally. The group believes that changing the Constitution will only extend President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s stay in power. (
DAY WITH DAD. Ordinary moments like this will soon form the child’s special memories of her father. (
FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL.
