2008 September- Davao Today

Photo Essay: A call for a stop to human ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao Region, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Photographs, Top Stories on 09 30th, 2008 | No Comments

By JONALD MAHINAY and BARRY OHAYLAN | Davao Today Around 200 members of progressive groups from Davao City went to Compostela Valley province on September 18 this year to call for a stop of the rising number of human rights violation in the area. Upon reaching Nabunturan town, the group marched their way up...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Children/Youth, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Mindanao, Top Stories on 09 30th, 2008 | No Comments

By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today In North Cotabato, fourteen year old Zaida remembers how government soldiers burn down their house, destroying many of their possessions in the fire. “Even the Q’uran,” recalls Zaida, �And my birth certificate.� In Surigao del Sur, thirteen year old Risa saw the...

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By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today DAVAO CITY–A child rights organization criticized state troops for claiming that children killed in encounters were �child warriors,� turning children into targets of military offensives. John Birondo, advocacy officer of the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC),...

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Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Economy, Latest Posts, Photographs, Poverty, Top Stories on 09 30th, 2008 | No Comments

SHANTIES. A giant billboard stands obtrusively against the shanties along the riverbank of Davao River. About one third of Filipinos are living below the poverty line, their condition worsened by rising inflation, which registered a 17-year high last month. The National Statistical Coordination Board...

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The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER,Inc.) expressed apprehension that the global financial crisis will ultimately affect ordinary workers. EILER executive director Paul Quintos said, “Unfortunately, massive credit losses and asset write downs don’t just affect...

Ships losing passengers to airlines...

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Davao City-Shipping companies in the country are losing its regular passengers to the faster and more convenient air travel and also because of promotional fares. Top officials of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) in region XI recently raised their concern that the passenger shipping business in the...

Saving the uplands, saving the gulf...

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Davao City-Who would have thought that saving marine life can be done by a simple planting of trees? The Save Davao Gulf Foundation (SDGF) has thought of a promising strategy to forward their advocacy. In partnership with the Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation (PTFCF), SDGF gave life to the...

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Statement on the 36th Anniversary of Martial Rule: Arroyo, Dominguez and Pi�ol are responsible and must be punished for the continuing atrocities and bloodshed in Mindanao! The people in south central Mindanao have lodged a formal complaint with the People’s Court – Far south Mindanao region...

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Davao City-Some non-government organizations in this city will be observing October 5 as the Day of No Prostitution. It’s a day of no prostitution that includes no pornography, phone sex, cyber sex, mail-order bride services, trafficking, strip dancing, sex tours and prostitution in massage parlors,...

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The National Democratic Front (NDF) in southern Mindanao urges the Supreme Court of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) to heed the call of the Filipino people against the barefaced interventionism of the United States (US ) by abrogating the extremely one-sided, anti-people Visiting...

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Our beloved comrade Valerio Mante, Jr. passed away Monday, September 22 at 6:15 pm at a Davao City hospital. He died of complications arising from kidney failure. He was 58. Coming from lower middle class origins, Ka Val was a consummate activist, instructor, organizer, untiring mass leader, poet, literary...

Migrants assail govt’ for sitting ...

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Migrante International assails the Philippine government for sitting down on the issue of about 6,000 stranded OFWs in different countries in the middle east. The group particularly criticized acting Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Esteban Conejos, Jr. for literally waiting for the response of...

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Davao City-Local government officials demand that they be informed of big mining activities in their area and that they get a correct share of mining revenue. During the recently held mining forum, local chief executives called on mining companies to get an endorsement from the provincial government even...

Consumer fair set in October...

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THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will conduct an exhibit on October 2 to 5 at the Atrium of the Gaisano Mall of Davao. The four-day consumer fair, which will carry the theme “On the healthy and safe sides of living”, will showcase products and services that are healthy and safe both to...

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The Accra action agenda (AAA) endorsed by ministers at the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana makes little real progress towards making aid more developmental. The AAA fails to address the most essential concerns with the greatest impact on development in the Third World: democratic...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 09 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

Davao City-Supreme Court chief justice Reynato Puno challenged the members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to increase access to justice for the poor, to help achieve equality and remove barriers to the justice system. Puno was on hand at the inauguration of the IBP building of the Davao del...

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Assalaamu Alaikum. Ramadhan Al Mubarak! Surah Al Baqarah Chapter 2:190: �You should only fight those who commit aggression against you and leave you no option but to fight. This war will be in the way of Allah Almighty i.e. for the protection of humanity from tyranny and oppression – but even in this...

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MANILA, September 17, 2008?Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) has expressed willingness to help in facilitating the resumption of the pending peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) but said it cannot...

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General Santos City-Mindanao stakeholders are calling for an equitable share in the national budget for fish production during the 10th National Tuna Congress held recently in this city. In his presentation on Mindanao updates during the congress held on September 4, undersecretary Virgilio Leyretana,...

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Gabriela Womens Party Representative Liza Maza yesterday sought clarification from Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on the Department on Budget and Management’s fund releases amounting to 897 million pesos which was awarded to the Department of Agriculture at the height of the deliberation of the...

Scrap Remittances Charges!...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 09 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

This was the call reiterated by the largest alliance of Filipino migrant organizations in a forum on overseas Filipino workers (OFW) remittances and how it impacts on development. The forum was held at the Trinity University of Asia in Quezon City and was co- organized by Migrante International and The...

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To avoid the possible closure of small companies, a lawmaker has filed a bill that seeks to lessen the penalty being imposed on employers or companies that fail to pay the social security remittance of their employees on time. Representative Nicanor Briones (AGAP Party-list) introduced House Bill 4976 to...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Davao Region, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 09 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY�A top official of the island garden city of Samal cracked a joke about the fish of Davao Gulf before a recent mining conference here to raise a point on the need to protect the environment amidst the flurry of activities in mining. �The fish that...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Davao Region, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 09 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY�Oliver Butalid, the president of the Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC) announced the upcoming public bidding for the Upper Ulip Paraiso in Diwalwal for large-scale mining investors. Butalid said the government corporation has set the deadline...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Mindanao, Peace Process, Politics, Religion, Top Stories on 09 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

Q & A with Mohagher Iqbal, MILF panel chief negotiator Part One By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today Earlier reports have put the blame on Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders Ameril Ombra Kato in North Cotabato and Abdullah Macapaar, also known as Kumander Bravo, in Lanao del Norte for...