2008 December- Davao Today

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Cotabato City — The International Monitoring Team 4 (IMT) is leaving Mindanao as it officially ends its tour-of-duty. A farewell dinner was tendered in honor of the Malaysian IMT. It was attended by ranking officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Moro...

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stands in solidarity with its colleagues and the press freedom community of the Philippines in demanding an explanation from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for her government’s lack of protection for journalists after another radio commentator was...

Militant labor center slams AFP’s ...

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Kilusang Mayo Uno – southern Mindanao region (KMU-SMR) condemns in strongest terms the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its statement that KMU-SMR vice president Omar Bantayan and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao secretary general Jeppie Ramada have been seen in the company of the...

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The Interfaith Movement for Peace and the Release of Cammayo and Tumol (IMPACT) welcomes the recently released video footage of 1Lt. Vicente Cammayo who is being detained by the New People’s Army as its Prisoner of War. According to Bishop Delfin Callao, one of the Impact convenors, the act was a...

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stands in solidarity with journalists and media workers in Pakistan as they rally across the country to demand an inquiry into the death of a cameraman who killed himself this week after his employer refused to pay him several months’ wages owing to...

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The GRP panel statement of December 3, 2008 on the informal talks held in Oslo on November 28-30, 2008 is highly deceptive, misleading and duplicitous. The GRP panel preconditioned the resumption of the formal talks and the reaffirmation of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) and...

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Manila — The Filipino people will have the last say on whether to ratify or throw out any proposal to amend the Constitution, Press Secretary Jesus G. Dureza said. In an interview over DzBB, Dureza reminded that Congress can only propose amendments to the Constitution. and that the ultimate decision...

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Davao City — Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte recently announced that only President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can ease the plight of beleaguered homeowners of socialized housing units whose homes are under the threat of foreclosures. Duterte issued the statement before a jampacked crowd attended by 70...

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Davao City — Digital film Imburnal by Dabawenyo director Sherad Sanchez copped the best picture award during the recent CinemaOne Originals Film Festival awards night held at the Dolphy Theatre inside the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center in Quezon City. Shot in Davao City, Imburnal is a tale of two young...

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By Lorie Ann A. Cascaro Davao City�Ten years after a fieldtrip in my kindergarten, I visited Davao Museum again on a Saturday morning. I would not have bothered if not for the Amorsolo�s satellite exhibit. The entrance fee piqued me a bit. It made me think that museums are not really for the common folks but...

Ginum and Amorsolo painting...

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By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY- The ongoing exhibit at the Davao Museum connects the great Amorsolo�s painting �Fruit Harvesting� with the common aspiration of Davao�s Bagobo tribe for a bountiful harvest. �Celebrating Ginum: A Festival for a Bountiful Harvest,� runs at the Davao Museum until...

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DAVAO CITY�Captured soldier Vicente Cammayo assured his wife and family he is “treated well” in a video sent by Communist New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas to the media on Sunday, almost a month after his capture in a Monkayo village. Cammayo, the commander of the 11th Company of the 3rd...

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PLEASE RELEASE MY HUSBAND. Ma. Luisa Tumol (left), wife of PO3 Eduard Tumol, and Mariel Cammayo (right), wife of Lt. Vicente Cammayo, make the appeal to the New People’s Army in a forum by the Exodus for Justice and Peace, a multi-sectoral group calling for the resumption of peace talks between the...

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By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) fears the government has not entirely given up on the controversial memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD), which the group sees as a ploy to change the Constitution to extend the term of the President. Malaca�ang...

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By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY�People in the Visayas and Luzon are joining calls to stop the war in Mindanao after the peace caravan that traveled the whole stretch of the archipelago for seven days had open their eyes to understand the conflict for the first time, Gus Miclat, the executive...

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By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY�Just how important was the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) to the Moro people? Mohagher Iqbal, the chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said the document contains the political solution to the age-old problem...

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By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY�Malaysian Consul Mustafa Kamal urged peace groups to keep working for a peace formula that will be acceptable to everybody after the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) failed to generate support from some sectors in Mindanao. �We were...

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(Position paper on Balikatan’s take-over of mass housing) The Kalipunay ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) commiserates with the thousands of housing creditors in the city whose housing units are now subject to demand letters and foreclosure by the Balikatan Housing Finance Inc. There is no one to...

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Davao City — Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo Del Rosario categorically denied he received 5 million pesos out of the controversial fertilizer fund that is being investigated by Congress. In an interview with ABS-CBN Davao, Del Rosario said point-blank he never accepted cash allotments from the...

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The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) strongly condemned the new threats directed against lawyer Emiliano Deleverio, UPLM vice chairperson, amid the still despicable human rights situation of the country. The renewed threats on Deleverio, a Pagadian City-based human rights lawyer, was...

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On November 17, radio commentator Arecio Padrigao of Radyo Natin in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen after he dropped his daughter off at school at the Bukidnon State University. Reports from local police also revealed that Padrigao received death threats days...

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Davao City — Karapatan southern Mindanao strongly condemns the 66th infantry battallion for harrassing two members of groups in New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province. Julito Degamo, 33, chairman of New Bataan Farmers Association (NEBFA)-Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and Meriro Poquita, 41,...

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Davao City — Semi-processed rubber products from Basilan finds its way to Singapore and other foreign markets as local producers partner with Manila-based exporters which make the business prospects high. Edwin Pantaleta, general manager of Basilan Countryside Development Multi-Purpose Cooperative...

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General Santos City — Task Group Law Enforcement made rounds in conflict areas in Cotabato Province to ensure that frontline police forces are fully geared up for any urgent call. Task Force head deputy regional director for administration PCSupt. Felicisimo V. Khu Jr was joined by PSupt. Marcelo O....