2009 May- Davao Today

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in News in Pictures on 05 31st, 2009 | No Comments

OVERWHELMED. Students contend with the rising prices of notebooks and school supplies now flooding stores in time for the opening of classes. (Keith Bacongco/ AKP...

Who is Danilo Santiago?...

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By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY—The name Danilo Santiago first appeared in the media on June 14 last year, a day after a man by that name was killed in Tagum, Davao del Norte. When the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) conducted a public inquiry on the killing of Kumander Parago�s daughter...

HORSEFIGHT...

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HORSEFIGHT. Despite protests from animal rights activists, horsefights continue to be a part of most traditional events in Mindanao; just like this one during the Araw ng Muling (Muling Day) in the village of Gupitan in Kapalong, Davao del Norte. (davaotoday.com photo by Jomel...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Extrajudicial Killings, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Military on 05 28th, 2009 | No Comments

By CHERYLL FIEL Davao Today DAVAO CITY � A lumad leader was gunned down just a few meters from the town hall of Boston in Davao Oriental yesterday, bringing to 10 the total number of activist killings in the region since May last year. Ludenio Monson, a Mandaya farmer and leader of Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa...

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(Statements from NUJP-Davao Chapter, Carlos Conde, NUJP) Military hitlist proves fascism of state security forces — NUJP-Davao We are aghast at the discovery of an Order of Battle (OB) list by the military which includes our organization, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP),...

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Church advocates decried the military’s blanket dismissal of the recommendations by the International Solidarity Mission (ISM) to stop the human rights abuses in the region. They also raised alarm that the military has merely set aside the Order of Battle (OB) containing names of civilians and legal...

Mindanao’s first sanitary landfill...

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DAVAO CITY — Mindanao’s first and most modern category 4 sanitary landfill is at least 97% complete and is hoped to be operational by June this year. Engineer Joy Espina, Davao City Environment and Natural Resources officer, said that all that is needed are good roads which would allow their...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Children/Youth, Human Rights, Latest Posts on 05 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Child rights groups expressed concern on the recruitment of minors for Barangay Defense System (BDS) in the rural areas of Southern Mindanao. This concern was based on findings of the recently concluded International Solidarity Mission (ISM) which was simultaneously conducted in the areas of Compostela,...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Labor, Latest Posts on 05 28th, 2009 | No Comments

DAVAO CITY – House Bill (HB) 6342 or Alternative Mining Bill (AMB) continues to draw support even among grassroots organizations and church formations in Southern and Central Mindanao. Leaders of the Columbio Multi-Sectoral Ecology Movement (CMEM), an alliance of grassroots organizations in the...

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DAVAO CITY — Around 50 workers picketed in front of Filipinas Port Services Inc. (Filport) to condemn the management of Filport Inc., which has many times violated workers’ rights. Alex Tuazon, President of Namafil said, �the management of Filport and Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Filport (Namafil)...

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Davao City — The Minister of Agriculture from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is excited by business opportunities in Mindanao. Heading a 23-member delegation composed of representatives from the KSA government and private sector, Minister Dr. Fahad A. Bal Ghunaim was recently in the city to...

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DAVAO CITY– The House of Representatives special committee on Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) may become a regular standing committee before the 14th congress ends this year. In the first ever committee meeting held outside of Congress, the...

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QUEZON CITY — Assistant minority leader and Gabriela Women’s Party representative Liza Maza expressed alarm that US troops entering the Philippines would again use the US-RP Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) this time as a convenient excuse to be exempted from quarantine inspection despite the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Children/Youth, Davao Region, Education, Latest Posts, Politics on 05 28th, 2009 | No Comments

MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL — Local chief executives have to understand the relevance of social development concerns especially regarding children, Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon said. Malanyaon pointed out that social concerns tend to be the least concern of some local government officials who...

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Davao City — Local chief executives (LCEs) in Mindanao are urging the national government to subsidize irrigation fees as direct incentives to small farmers. The League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) in a resolution addressed to the President underscored the need to subsidize the...

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The oral procedure in the case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison against the Council of the European Union for unjustly maintaining him in the so-called terrorist blacklist without any concrete evidence against him for any specific act of terrorism was conducted and concluded at the European Court of Justice in...

NPA metes out “revolutionary punis...

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The New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao implemented the NPA standing order against four intelligence and death squad operatives of the 10th Infantry Division (ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for committing grave crimes against the revolutionary movement and the people....

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Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party condemned the killings of Kapis Butod and Ludenio Monzon in Davao region, saying that the spate of summary executions under the Arroyo administration is ’state-sponsored.’ On April 14, 2009, Kapis Butod, 20 years old, was killed by military...

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The Arroyo regime is condemnable for letting the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police fabricate the false charge of killing a journalist against Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), and...

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COTABATO CITY — The opening of the first call center in this city is indicative of a new phase in the development of the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in Mindanao. Calcent Link Solutions is now operating the first combined training and outbound call center in Cotabato City, in partnership...

Palace allays fears over swine flu...

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MANILA — “We do not have the disease (in our country).” This was the statement made by Malacanang advising people not to panic over swine flu officially known as Influenza A(H1N1), which the World Health Organization (WHO) says has 658 confirmed cases worldwide. Deputy presidential...

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DAVAO CITY — With the latest case of boulders dislodging in Purok Juaryo, Maa due to soil movements at the Shrine Hills, urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) expressed trepidation that the rock movement will presage environmental destruction in the area, especially with the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, Latest Posts on 05 28th, 2009 | No Comments

DAVAO CITY — Victims of various human rights violations and their relatives filed cases before the Commission of Human Rights Region XI office against members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Osmiguel – Kilusang Mayo Uno (Namaos-KMU), board of director Danny...

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DAVAO CITY — The Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao denounces the recent killing of an Ata-Manobo civilian in Talaingod, Davao del Norte by the military elements under the 60th Infantry Battalion and Special Forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This recent...

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Manila — A new book on landcare was launched by Australian ambassador Rod Smith, marking a new era for the emerging landcare community development initiative in the southern Philippines. The book highlights the collaborative effort central to the landcare approach — working with farmers and...