2008 July- Davao Today

Wishlist for the SONA...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Economy, Latest Posts, Politics, Poverty, Top Stories on 07 28th, 2008 | No Comments

By DAVAO TODAY Davao Today asks people on the streets about what they expect from the President’s state of the nation address on Monday, and in return, got a wish list of what people think government should do to alleviate their plight. What do you think the government should address in her state of...

Posted by MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN in Business, Economy, Labor, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 07 28th, 2008 | No Comments

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY � Edwin Fernandez works as a forklift operator in Davao Goldstar Hardware in Lanang — the biggest hardware store in the city. As a regular worker in the last two years, he works there from Monday to Saturday, and occasionally on Sundays, when a ship...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao Region, Latest Posts, Sports on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

Tagum City— Two years from now, a 320 million peso state-of-the-art sports complex will rise in a 12-hectare lot across the provincial capitol of Davao del Norte to train local players to compete in the international arena. Plans for the sports complex were unveiled in the recent celebration of the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is dismayed with the decision of the Makati regional trial court dismissing the case filed by media organizations and practitioners against government and security personnel who were responsible for the arrest of our colleagues during the November...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

The National Democratic Front in north eastern Mindanao (NDF-NEMR) congratulates the Pulang Diwata command-New People’s Army (NPA) in Surigao del Norte for the daring and successful simultaneous raids of the Police Stations of Dapa and General Luna, the CAFGU detachment in General Luna and the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Inbox, Latest Posts, Politics on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

Privilege Speech of Davao City councilor Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad Chairperson, SP Committee on Women & Children After a reported incident involving three unidentified men who insisted on entering the premises of our residence in Matina last June 24, 2008, I stand here today, on a matter of...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Latest Posts, Religion on 07 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Davao City-In a bid to widen the support base for the promotion of the halal industry in Mindanao, halal industry stakeholders agreed to establish a Mindanao Halal Forum. Halal is a purification rite mandated by Islam in order to ensure that food is fit for consumption by its faithful. In a round table...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts, Press Freedom Watch on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) – Quezon Chapter strongly condemns the dastardly murder of colleague Bert Sison and the wounding of her daughter, also a fellow media worker in the province. We call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Philippine National Police (PNP)...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Arroyo government’s deafening silence on the European Union’s newly adopted directive on return of illegal immigrants proves its lack of concern for Filipinos abroad, according to Gabriela Women’s Party representatives. �It is unsettling how President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo seems...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

The AFP’s biggest area command again showcased its patent ignorance of the rules of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in the conduct of war when they condemned what is clearly a legitimate NPA attack against the newly deployed 3rd special forces (SF) battalion-Philippine Army in Nabunturan,...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc. (DCCCII) president Simeon Marfori II sees expansion and growth of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Company (PLDT) and DCCCII,...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

Davao City- The revival of the Davao-Manado route brings back business traffic between the two neighboring cities which have been closely linked through the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). Wings Air, the newest Indonesian airline serving the...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Peace Process, Top Stories on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today Davao City- Peace talks with the Communist rebels is getting dim as government continues to insist on a ceasefire as a precondition of the peace talks while the rebel group pressures the government to drop it from European Union terror list. Presidential Peace Adviser...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Arts & Culture, Davao City, Entertainment, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 07 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY– This year’s harvest festival of Kadayawan will project the city’s abundance amidst the soaring prices of rice in Mindanao and the long lines of people buying the cheaper government-subsidized rice. Rizal Giovanni “Bong”...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Economy, Latest Posts, Politics, Poverty, Top Stories on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY–Filipinos ended up paying more, instead of benefiting from, the Official Development Assistance (ODAs) that rich donor countries pour into the country each year, according to an analyst from the think tank Ibon Philippines. Sonny Africa, research head of...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Sri Lanka-The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) notes with alarm that Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry proposes ‘guidelines’ for the media that would effectively throttle media independence and deprive the public of the right to reliable and authentic information on public issues....

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

(A statement on the death of four Philippine army soldiers) The 10th infantry division-eastern Mindanao command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has again concocted a barefaced lie and presented it as a very untenable excuse for the death of four 73rd infantry battalion (IB) soldiers in Sitio...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Insurgency, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

The cold- blooded murder of Danilo Pitao, the brother of New People’s Army (NPA) commander Ka Parago, is a desperate act by the fascist army of the reactionary Arroyo regime to make up for what it has failed to achieve in the battlefield. Failing to score points in its counter-revolutionary war, the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Sri Lanka-The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the five leading journalists’ organizations in Sri Lanka to demand that senior Tamil journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who spent his 100th day in detention on June 15, be released as no evidence has been provided to sustain a charge against...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment

Sri Lanka-The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands a police investigation into months of threats and intimidation directed at a highly respected investigative journalist in Sri Lanka, after she received a new threat of violence in a telephone call on June 14. According to the Free Media...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

�In order to silence people’s speculation that there is rice shortage, the National Food Authority (NFA) should flood the market with several thousands of bags of the staple food.� Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) vice president for trade and commerce Antonio T. dela Cruz...

Lumads present government’s violat...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment

Matigsalug evacuees from Compostela presented their case to a United Nations body to highlight the continuing violations of indigenous peoples’ rights committed by the government. The presentation was part of Mindanao-wide consultation held on June 16 to 17 in Davao City in preparation for a...

DavNor readies environment code...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Tagum City, Davao del Norte – The province is set to fortify its position as an environmental bastion in this part of the country with the preparation of the Davao del Norte Environment Code. The chairperson on the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection board member Leopoldo...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Gabriela Women’s Party representative Luzviminda C. Ilagan participated in the assembly and conference sponsored by the International Migrant Alliance (IMA), a global alliance of im/migrants, refugees and displaced people in Hong Kong on June 15-16. Ilagan spoke on the legislative agenda of the...

Cunanan’s baptism is a defilement ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts, Military on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

The PASAKA confederation of Lumad organizations in southern Mindanao decried the baptism of east Mindanao commander major general Armando L. Cunanan led by the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Conference on Peace and Development (MIPCPD) last June 13 as the MIPCPD paid the newly appointed chief a courtesy call....