2007 April- Davao Today

Lakas, Nograles Camp Buying Votes in Dav...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Latest Posts on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

A Davao City resident, from the city’s first district, recently emailed a set of pictures, one of them shown here, showing a movie ticket allegedly given away by the camp of House Majority Leader and Davao City congressman Prospero Nograles, as well as an insurance card worth 100,000 pesos...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Extrajudicial Killings, Human Rights, Military on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the ANAKPAWIS party list group called on the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and election watch dogs like Kontra-Daya and Bantay Pondo at Boto ng Bayan to investigate the campaigning of top Armed Forces o the Philippines (AFP) officials...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Extrajudicial Killings, Human Rights, Inbox on 04 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment

MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today said that the worsening election-related violence in the country is related to the seemingly endless spate of extra-judicial killings targeting political activists and human rights advocates. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Uncategorized on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

MANILA — Bayan Muna today categorically denied a newspaper report saying the partylist group received a P40-million donation from former President Estrada supposedly intended for pollwatch purposes. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Labor on 04 30th, 2007 | 5 Comments

MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan will join thousands of workers in the annual May 1 Labor Day rally tomorrow at the Liwasang Bonifacio, as it called on the police and military not to sabotage the peaceful protests. Bayan forces will march from the Plaza Miranda in Quiapo going to...

Philippines: ‘Surface Jay-jay Burg...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, Inbox on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

MANILA — The Families of Desaparecidos for Justice (DESAPARECIDOS) condemned the disappearance of Jonas Joseph Burgos and Melisa Reyes, on April 28, in Quezon City. ...

Philippines’s Gabriela: ‘We ...

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MANILA — �We have nothing to apologize for. The OEA confidential memorandum exists and Malaca�ang is simply lying as it is known to do.� This was according to Rep. Liza Maza of GABRIELA Women�s Party regarding the denial of the Office of the External Affairs of the validity of the memorandum on special...

China: Olympics countdown — import...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

Despite significant reforms to the death penalty system and new rules for foreign journalists in China, there is little evidence of improvement in other areas of human rights related to the Olympics — and there has been increasing repression of human rights activism and domestic journalism, said...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Education, Labor on 04 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo formally launched today two new major programs of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) aimed at improving the skills and knowledge level of the Filipino worker. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Crime & Public Safety on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered today the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stop election violence once and for all by reinforcing the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the effort to ensure peaceful and orderly elections under Commission on Elections (Comelec) supervision. ...

Philippines: KMU Vows ‘No Votes fo...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Labor on 04 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment

MANILA — Nationwide activities for the Labor Day tomorrow will push through despite delays in the release of Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran. “We will proceed to Mendiola as planned. It’s high time we reclaim Mendiola as we continue to fight for freedom, democracy and defend the people...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Environment on 04 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment

DAVAO CITY — The Mamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (Maas) chided the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association for filing civil charges against the city government over the controversial aerial spraying ordinance. Dagohoy Magaway, spokesperson of Maas, said the case emanated from the arrogance...

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MANILA — Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno and his family thanked those who sympathized with and comforted them days after their mother Narcisa, 92, passed away at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City last April 25. ...

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Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Children/Youth, Davao Region, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Photographs on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

Poster Child. Gregorio Galacio, the father of Grecil Buya, the nine-year-old New Bataan girl accused by the military of being a child combatant, talks to the press in Manila, where he and his wife Virginia Buya, right, earlier filed complaints against the soldiers who killed Grecil during a firefight...

Philippines Peace Advocates Decry ‘...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Insurgency, Mindanao, Peace Process on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

SPARE RELIEF OPERATIONS FROM ELECTION INTERESTS, CEASEFIRE NOW! �From war zone, to economic zone� is the official slogan of the Province of Sulu. But it is �back to war zone again�– that is how civil society describes the situation in Sulu today. In this tiny, but perennially embattled island, what is...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Insurgency, Latest Posts, Mindanao, Peace Process on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

The peace agreement might be up for review in a meeting organized by the Organization of Islamic Conference in July. Related stories: Foreign Donors Dangle Fresh Carrots to MILF Massacres by Soldiers Provoked Latest Clash, MNLF Leader Says Peace Advocates Decry ‘Humanitarian Quagmire’ in Sulu ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Insurgency, Mindanao, Peace Process on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

By Germelina Lacorte davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY — World Bank-led development projects are already being carried out in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao even as the government�s stalled peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Malaysia have yet to resume. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, Insurgency, Military, Mindanao, Peace Process on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

A series of massacres of civilians in Sulu, including those of two grandchildren of an MNLF leader, provoked the latest wave of fighting between government troops and the Moro revolutionary group. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Health on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

MANILA — Health spending experienced possibly the steepest drop under the Arroyo administration and this has forced Filipinos to pay more for badly needed health services, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Insurgency, Military on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments

UTRECHT — ? The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on Friday filed formal complaints before a special body of the United Nations for the enforced disappearance of two NDFP personnel and charged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)...

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Manila — �Filipino laborers work so hard to keep body and soul together. One of the basic needs they dream of is a decent house for their family,� said Senatorial Candidate Cesar Montano, in his Labor Day statement to media. He disclosed that one of his legislative agenda is focused at...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Davao Region, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Military on 04 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment

In Compostela Valley�s villages, a de facto martial law exists. Civilians have been tortured, detained, harassed and killed as the military increases its presence in the resource-rich province in order to protect, according to residents and activists, plantation and mining companies. The deaths of Grecil...

Grecil’s Parents File Raps Vs Sold...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Children/Youth, Davao Region, Human Rights, Insurgency, Military on 04 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Justice . Relatives, friends, neighbors and activists march in New Bataan on April 18 to demand justice for Grecil Buya. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan) MANILA — The parents of Grecil Buya, the nine-year-old girl killed by the army during a firefight with communist rebels in New Bataan,...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao Region, Human Rights, Insurgency, Military on 04 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment

The soldiers strafed the victims when they failed to stop at checkpoints but according to the human-rights group Karapatan, the victims had difficulty stopping because, aside from the darkness, there were no signs or signals that a checkpoint was being conducted. The soldiers, Karapatan said, suddenly...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox on 04 28th, 2007 | No Comments

New York City � In the final two-week push before the May elections in the Philippines, Filipino youth, musicians, spoken word artists, organizers and allies are coming together in New York and Los Angeles to show support for the KABATAAN Partylist, the largest youth party representing the youth sector in...