2007 August- Davao Today

Ilagan wants Lumad agenda in Congress...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Extrajudicial Killings, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Mindanao, Politics on 08 29th, 2007 | 1 Comment

MANILA — Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela today challenged the Philippine Congress to pursue an “Indigenous People’s Agenda” that would, among others, review the government’s policies on indigenous peoples as well as investigate the human-rights abuses they suffer. Ilagan, a former...

Kadayawan: A city celebrates...

Posted by BARRY OHAYLAN in Davao City, Davao Region, Latest Posts, Photographs on 08 29th, 2007 | 1 Comment

The highlight of the Kadayawan Festival in Davao City this month was the street performances, such as the one above. Most of the performers used cultural themes derived from Mindanao’s Lumads. Click here for Kadayawan slideshow. (Photos by Barry Ohaylan, Cheryll D. Fiel and Germelina A....

Child-rights groups warn vs HSA’s ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Children/Youth, Davao City, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Terrorism on 08 29th, 2007 | No Comments

By Collette Kuizon Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Child-rights groups in Mindanao are worried that the Human Security Act (HSA), the Philippines’s anti-terrorism law that is the subject of intense criticism, will make children more vulnerable to harassment and violence. Both the Kabiba...

Farmers blame DAR exec for failed ‘...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Davao Region, Inbox, Latest Posts on 08 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

GOV. GENEROSO, Davao Oriental�Seventeen farmers have blamed Undersecretary for Field Operations Narciso Nieto for failure of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) last July 13 to install them in the 29-hectare Arcal Estate in Barangay Magdug here. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Children/Youth, Crime & Public Safety, Davao City, Inbox, Latest Posts on 08 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

Rejoinder to scrapping the Juvenile Justice law Privilege Speech Atty. Angela A. Librado-Trinidad City Councilor,1st District Chair, SP Committee on Women, Children & Family Relations August 14, 2007 My esteemed colleagues in the City Council, I stand on a matter of collective privilege to speak on a...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts, Mindanao on 08 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

Stop military operations in Sulu and Basilan! Stop targeting civilians! Government troops hit civilians while conducting clearing operations in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan in pursuit of the suspects for the July 10. On August 08, 2007, the military fired mortars at the house of Sarah Lumandong, 25 years old in Sitio...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts, Mindanao on 08 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

STATEMENT ON THE MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN MINDANAO �Give ear to my prayer, O God. . . for his speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.�(Psalm 55:21) The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) joins all peace-loving...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts, Mindanao on 08 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

DAVAO CITY – The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan in Southern Mindanao today concludes that the recent military clashes in Basilan and Sulu are prelude to wider US military intervention in Mindanao. “A research group, Focus on the Global South, and a photo taken by Agence France Press showing US...

Posted by CARLOS H. CONDE in Breaking News, Crime & Public Safety, Latest Posts, Military, Mindanao, Terrorism on 08 19th, 2007 | No Comments

The Balikatan exercise in Basilan in 2002 has always been sold to the public as a success story — indeed, as a model for how the U.S. military should engage other nations in the fight against terrorism. Five years later, it is clear that the Abu Sayyaf remains a threat on the island, and its continued...

JPEPA bad for Davao’s banana growe...

Posted by IBON MEDIA in Breaking News, Business, Davao City, Davao Region, Economy, Latest Posts, Mindanao, Trade on 08 15th, 2007 | No Comments

MANILA — Exports of Philippine-grown bananas and pineapples, most of them from the Davao region and other parts of Mindanao, may increase with the implementation of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), but it will benefit agribusiness transnational corporations and not Filipino...

‘Gateway to Kadayawan’...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Davao Region, Entertainment, Latest Posts, Lifestyle, Travel & Leisure on 08 14th, 2007 | No Comments

This August, in Davao, Dabawenyos will hold a celebration of flowers, fruits, and for the year’s bountiful harvest – the Kadayawan festival. This celebration is one of the popular traditional festivals in Mindanao, now on its 22nd year. In time for this gigantic festival, Damosa Gateway will once...

DA sets 5 ‘bagsakan’ centers...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao Region, Latest Posts on 08 14th, 2007 | No Comments

The government is working on five �bagsakan centers� in the Davao Region where the Department of Agriculture (DA) is infusing five million pesos to fund the project. These centers will have cold storage and other facilities to handle food and crops from farmers. DA XI agribusiness chief Mirope Lamsen in an...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Children/Youth, Davao City, Education, Latest Posts on 08 14th, 2007 | No Comments

By Rose B. Palacio The Rotaract Club of Munting Pag-asa Davao district 3860, a duly recognized and registered member of the Rotary International, a worldwide service organization known in 161 countries, has provided assistance to malnourished schoolchildren in Ubalde Elementary School along Agdao,...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Davao Region, Inbox, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military on 08 14th, 2007 | No Comments

The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao, in a statement sent to the media on Monday, said it will release a soldier it captured during an ambush last Aug. 10 in Monkayo town, Compostela Valley province. The soldier, it said, will be freed because he had not committed “crimes against the...

Abundant Kadayawan...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts, Photographs on 08 14th, 2007 | No Comments

In this Kadayawan season, fruits such as these mangosteen being sold in the streets, are abundant, not to mention cheap, in Davao City. These are sold at 35 pesos per kilo when on regular days, they cost a hundred a kilo. (Davao Today photo by Cheryll D. Fiel) View a slideshow of the Kadayawan opening...

Kadayawan 2007 opening ceremonies...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 08 14th, 2007 | No Comments

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‘New’ Kadayawan goes back to...

Posted by CHERYLL D. FIEL in Arts & Culture, Breaking News, Davao City, Davao Region, Entertainment, Latest Posts, Lifestyle, Mindanao, Travel & Leisure on 08 14th, 2007 | No Comments

As the city announced a shift in the way the annual Kadayawan Festival is celebrated — that is, for one, showcasing Lumad culture and tradition not for tourism’s sake — tribal leaders remain concerned that the festivities hardly depict the struggle of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples to...

Duterte gets more money to spend...

Posted by CHERYLL D. FIEL in Breaking News, Davao City, Latest Posts, Politics on 08 8th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s office will get the biggest chunk — 190 million — of the nearly half a billion supplemental budget, which was passed Tuesday on second reading by the City Council. Much of it (180 million) will go to his “peace and order program.” He also gets to spend an...

6 killed in landslide near Diwalwal...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Davao Region, Latest Posts on 08 6th, 2007 | No Comments

BREAKING NEWS | Six people were killed during landslides triggered by heavy rains near Mount Diwalwal in Maco, Compostela Valley province, officials said on Monday. A Reuters report quoted an official as also saying that one of the victims was a toddler and that three more people are believed to be still...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Davao Region, Inbox, Latest Posts on 08 6th, 2007 | No Comments

DAVAO CITY — A small and medium enterprise (SME) in Davao Oriental outwitted the other participants of the 2nd Yamang Mindanao as it bagged the Best Dressed Booth award for the Individual Category. The Davao Oriental Coco Husk Social Enterprise, Inc. (DOCHSEI), producer of coco coir-based products in...

Moros have had it with GMA’s all-o...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Commentary, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Mindanao, Opinion, Peace Process on 08 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment

By Amirah Ali Lidasan Suara Bangsamoro COTABATO CITY — For most of us Muslims who are observing the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, we are saddened by what is happening in Basilan for the past few weeks. According to...

Sasa workers victorious over ‘yell...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Labor, Latest Posts on 08 6th, 2007 | No Comments

SASA, Davao City � Workers under the Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Filipinas Port Services, Inc. � National Federation of Labor Unions � Kilusang Mayo Uno (NAMAFIL-NAFLU-KMU) overwhelmed two other union contenders in a certification elections held here today. ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao Region, Inbox, Insurgency, Latest Posts on 08 6th, 2007 | No Comments

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has proven again how she would take extra miles to perpetuate her regime in power. The midnight railroading of the Human Security Act (HSA) will give further license to her regime’s fascist armed forces, paramilitary, and police to violate human rights with impunity. The...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Davao City, Environment, Latest Posts on 08 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment

DAVAO CITY — The environmental group Interface Development Interventions (Idis) has warned that the water crisis now being experienced in Metro Manila and many parts of Luzon can also happen to Davao. ...