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Plunder case filed vs. Duterte, others...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in What's Hot on 03 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Charges of plunder through a series of malversation of public properties were filed yesterday against Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and other Davao City officials who participated in the string of corrupt practices over a period of 4 years. Continue...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in What's Hot on 03 19th, 2010 | No Comments

A mock poll conducted at the Ateneo de Davao University showed Liberal Pary (LP) standard bearer Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Vice Mayor Sara Duterte winning over their respective rivals in the national and local polls. Continue...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in What's Hot on 03 19th, 2010 | No Comments

MANILA — With the election less than two months away, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has intensified its campaign of intimidation and harassment against progressive organizations and partylist groups, officials of these groups allege. Continue...

Meet the guerrilla bets...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Opinion on 03 19th, 2010 | No Comments

In a mock election held at the Ateneo de Davao University last Saturday and Monday attended by at least 25% of the students, school faculty members and staff, Vice Mayor Sara Duterte lorded it over the mayoralty race with 1,097 votes against Speaker Boy Nograles who was trailing behind with only 167 votes....

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 03 19th, 2010 | No Comments

The programs monitored were 24 Oras, Teledyaryo, and TV Patrol World. The programs 24 Oras (GMA-7) and TV Patrol (ABS-CBN 2) are the leading early evening newscasts in the country. Teledyaryo is aired over government-owned station NBN-4. The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) analyzed the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 03 19th, 2010 | No Comments

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court has filed libel charges against a journalist who wrote about his alleged role in his son’s seeking an elective post. This is the first time that a Supreme Court justice has filed a libel case against a journalist. Supreme Court...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Opinion on 03 19th, 2010 | No Comments

MANILA — It has been a century since over 100 women from 17 countries representing unions, socialist and communist parties, working women’s clubs, and the first women elected to the Finnish parliament gathered in Copenhagen for the second International Conference of Working Women and declared...

News in pictures: Boodle fight...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Election, News in Pictures on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments

BOODLE FIGHT. Senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza dine with the masses at the Agdao public market during the March 3 campaign visit of the Nacionalista Party in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Jose Hernani)...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Senatorial candidate Satur Ocampo thanked city mayor Rodrigo Duterte for openly endorsing his candidacy in a dinner with 38 barangay captains of the city’s First District, Friday night at the Emerald Restaurant. Continue...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments

The Exodus for Justice and Peace (EJP) yesterday expressed dismay over the lack of progress in the rape-murder case of Rebelyn Pitao, the 20-year-old daughter of New People’s Army (NPA) leader Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao who was killed a year ago. Continue...

Matillano to Duterte: Make my day...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments

The man who stood up to his chief in the Philippine National Police and was jailed for fighting Malacañang is angry. Retired two-star general Eduardo Matillano yesterday dared Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to spew his characteristic bad words straight to the face “so that the problems and sufferings of Davao City...

2007-08 Boy’s net worth up by 70% – ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in What's Hot on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments

BARELY one year after becoming the fourth most influential person of the country, the income of Speaker Representative Prospero Nograles sharply increased by P36.3 Million or 70% from P51.90 million in 2007 to P88.26 million by the end of 2008, the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod said. Hugpong, the party of...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in What's Hot on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments

The two police escorts of Buluan, Maguindanao Vice Mayor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu were slapped with a murder case for the death of Tamano Kagi Kamendan, the alleged close-in security of former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. who was shot dead inside Gaisano South Mall in Davao City last February...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in What's Hot on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte branded as propaganda the reports circulating that Vice Mayor Sara Duterte, his daughter, was seen somewhere in Compostela Valley Province in a meeting with Senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza. Continue...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, News in Pictures on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments

The mother of Rebelyn Pitao, the slain 20-year-old dauhter of New People's Army leader Kumander Parago, continues to shout for justice a year after the killing. Families of victims of extrajudicial killings joined the human rights group Karapatan in a picket-rally at Camp Panacan on March 4, exactly a...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, News in Pictures on 03 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

KALINAW MINDANAO REMEMBERS THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE. The interfaith peace movement Kalinaw Mindanao accompanied the relatives of Lawyers Connie Jayme-Brizuela, Pinky and Ella Balayman to commemorate the third month of the Ampatuan massacre that killed 58, among them 32 journalists. At least 50 participants...

News in pictures: Undesirables...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Human Rights, News in Pictures on 03 1st, 2010 | No Comments

UNDESIRABLES. Members of progressive groups in Davao City laud the resolution of the City Council declaring partylist representatives Jovito Palparan, Jr. and Jun Alcover personae non gratae for allegedly "ruining the city’s good reputation on peace and order." Palparan has earned the moniker...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Election, Inbox on 02 28th, 2010 | No Comments

The office of Councilor Angela Librado-Trinidad, along with Bayan Muna (People First) political party, has initiated poll automation seminars as early as October of last year to orient voters in different puroks and barangays on this year’s automated elections. The poll automation briefing is aimed at...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, Inbox on 02 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Makabayan-Nacionalista senatorial bet Liza Maza slammed today the additional cases of sexualized torture, including threats of rape, against the women members of the Morong 43 recently uncovered by lawyers who conducted an independent inquiry into the allegations of sexual abuse committed to the health...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Education, Inbox on 02 28th, 2010 | No Comments

DAVAO CITY- Kabataan partylist representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today slammed the continuing implementation of “No-Permit, No-Exam” (NPNE) Policy and the new wave of tuition fee increases, during the launching of the regional hotline of BAN NPNE in the city. “Education is a right and should...

Philippines ‘Bracing for the Worst’ ...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Environment, Latest Posts on 02 27th, 2010 | No Comments

MANILA — A drought in the Philippines caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon has destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops, reduced the country’s water supply and is threatening widespread blackouts as power companies contend with low water levels in hydroelectric dams, officials said Friday. “It...

On the Morong 43...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Health, Latest Posts on 02 27th, 2010 | No Comments

We view with profound concern the illegal arrest and torture of the 43 community health development workers in Morong, Rizal. Among them are the health professionals who decided to stay in our country despite the blatant lack of support system inherent in the State’s health care delivery system. This...

A correct decision...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Environment, Opinion on 02 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Rarely does the City Council earn the public’s admiration by measuring up to the latter’s collective expectations. It did so in 2007 when it passed an ordinance banning the aerial spraying of pesticides. It did so last month, in a way, when it voted to preserve Tamugan River in Baguio District for future...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Opinion on 02 27th, 2010 | No Comments

The AFP tries to malign the 43 health workers by calling them communists. Instead, the military is suggesting to the country that NPA guerrillas are dedicated and seriously serving the people, against all odds. The AFP could win its case in the Court of Appeals but it would lose the war against the NPA and...

The Promises of EDSA...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in History, Opinion on 02 27th, 2010 | No Comments

MANILA — The country is commemorating this week the 24th anniversary of Edsa People Power 1. Some would not bother celebrating the event because they feel that the country is no better off now. In 1986, we ousted the Marcos dictatorship but we now have an upstart dictator who is moving heaven and earth to...