GRACE S. UDDIN- Davao Today

Glitches seen during the Davao mock elec...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Election, Featured Articles on 02 6th, 2010 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY—Three problems cropped up during the mock elections at the Generoso Elementary School in Bago Aplaya village in Davao City on February 6, Saturday. The first problem occurred when a ballot jammed inside the Precinct Count Optical Scanning machine (PCOS). Upon...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Featured Articles, Military, Top Stories on 01 24th, 2010 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— A member of the military intelligence group implicated in the Rebelyn Pitao rape- slay case was caught violating the election gun ban. But police released Private First Class Edmar “Ben” Tipait, 50, a member of the military intelligence group after detaining...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Featured Articles on 01 15th, 2010 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— Winifreda Cabisay, 62, carried a placard during the kick-off ceremony of Lakbayan, a 10-day farmers’ caravan that will bring together farmers from as far as Davao in the south and Tarlac in the north to dramatize their age-old clamor for land and...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Featured Articles, Top Stories on 01 11th, 2010 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— The nationwide farmers’ caravan, calling for land and justice and urging people to oppose Charter change, will kick off on Tuesday in Davao City. Rep. Rafael Mariano of farmers’ partylist Anakpawis said that 7,000 farmers nationwide will join the 10-day caravan...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Business, Davao City, Featured Articles on 01 10th, 2010 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— Just like in the cybergame Farmville on Facebook , overseas Filipino workers can now invest their hard-earned money in a virtual poultry farm and watch it grow on the internet. The Department of Trade and Industry recently launched the virtual poultry farm North...

Migrante bats for OFW protection...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Featured Articles, OFWS & Migration on 12 31st, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY– Migrant workers and their families have asked the government to protect every Filipino worker abroad. “The overseas foreign workers are called ‘modern day heroes’ but the government has failed to provide for their welfare,” said Gina Garboni,...

A son’s Christmas wish...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao Region, Featured Articles, Human Rights on 12 24th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— If Christmas wishes could be granted, Bayan Intise, 25, wanted to see his father and mother again. His father, Federico and mother Nelly were last seen on October 26 three years ago in Purok Puting Bato in Barangay Calumpang in General Santos City, where his father...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao Region, Featured Articles, Human Rights on 12 24th, 2009 | No Comments

By JOSE HERNANI and GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today MONKAYO, COMPOSTELA VALLEY— Militant groups marched the coffin of Conrado Cañete, 57, the slain father of a commander of the New People’s Army, around the town of Monkayo on December 9 before bringing it to the cemetery for burial. Activists interpreted his...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Human Rights, Top Stories on 12 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— A farmer and his sons said they’ve been beaten and forced to admit they were members of the New People’s Army by soldiers who picked them up near the landmine explosion site in Paquibato. “Bisan unsaon mi og kulata, wala mi ikatug-an kay dili mi NPA (No...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Featured Articles, Politics, Top Stories on 12 2nd, 2009 | 11 Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— The much-awaited showdown between Davao’s two fiercest political opponents begins as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and daughter Sara Duterte formally declared a team up against House Speaker Prospero Nograles’ bid for mayor in the city. Vice Mayor Sara Duterte, who...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Politics, Top Stories on 11 28th, 2009 | 3 Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY—Just as everyone had predicted, House Speaker Prospero Nograles finally declared he is running for mayor in Davao City, a post that incumbent mayor Rodrigo Duterte had held for years. GUESS, NO MORE. House Speaker Prospero Nograles finally declares his bid to run...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Featured Articles, Latest Posts, Politics, Top Stories on 11 26th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— Following the pre-election violence in Maguindanao that killed 57 people, the city council of Davao wanted to impose an early gun ban to prevent the violence from spilling over to the city. “The violence in Maguindanao happened because some people freely move...

Retired general’s ‘meddling’ irks ...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Featured Articles, Latest Posts, Politics, Top Stories on 11 24th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY— Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte was furious at a retired general for telling him “what to do” with the Left. Reporters who covered the release of the soldier earlier captured by the New People’s Army (NPA) found the mayor fuming mad against a certain...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao Region, Featured Articles, Insurgency, Top Stories on 11 24th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today MONTEVISTA, COMPOSTELA VALLEY—Released New People’s Army prisoner Corporal Dominador Alegre said he will face whatever sanctions his higher command will impose for the successful NPA raid in his Monkayo detachment that led to his capture three weeks ago. “Whatever they...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Davao Region, Latest Posts, Politics, Top Stories on 11 17th, 2009 | 4 Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY– Months before the official start of the campaign period, the sons and daughters of Davao City’s top political clans are already wooing potential voters for the 2010 elections. Sara distributes rice, noodles and canned goods in Calinan. (photo by the City...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao Region, Top Stories on 11 14th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY– The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao said military operations have hampered the release of Corporal Dominador Alegre, the detachment commander captured in an NPA raid in Barangay New Kapatagan in Monkayo town two weeks ago. Rigoberto Sanchez,...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Human Rights, Latest Posts on 10 25th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today BAGANGA, DAVAO ORIENTAL (davaotoday.com)� Just a few days from now, villagers of Sitio Coog, Barangay Mahan-ub in Baganga town will start running the Barangay Defense System (BDS) outpost to monitor and gather intelligence reports about the Communist New People�s Army (NPA). But...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Human Rights, Top Stories on 10 24th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today TALAINGOD, DAVAO DEL NORTE (davaotoday.com) � Contrary to the soldiers� claim, the school for Lumads in Talaingod has been operating in the last three years with a permit from the Department of Education (DepEd). �We were the ones who opened the school together with two...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Human Rights, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 08 17th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) — A partylist representative and leaders of indigenous peoples� groups in Mindanao said there�s no reason to celebrate the 15th year of International Day of Indigenous Peoples as the tribes continue to suffer from the atrocities of the Arroyo...

Ombudsman’s order stops clean up o...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in * News & Features, Davao City, Latest Posts, Politics, Top Stories on 08 17th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) – Drainage maintenance chief Yusop Jimlani said the city has terminated the services of 174 employees following the Ombudsman’s order suspending him and three other city officials for demolishing a park named after House Speaker Prospero...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Latest Posts, Politics, Top Stories on 07 20th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com)� Progressive lawmakers launched a signature campaign against the Constituent Assembly right at the homefront of Speaker Prospero Nograles, the close Arroyo ally pushing for Charter change. Partylist Representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casi�o of...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Military, Politics, Terrorism, Top Stories on 07 20th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY� Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo warned the government against taking advantage of the bombing incidents in Mindanao to declare a state of emergency in the country. Ocampo�s reaction was made after Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said the government will use an �iron...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Extrajudicial Killings, Health, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 07 12th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today Colleagues of Dr. Pe�era condemn his killing. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan) DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) � While more health workers chose to go abroad to look for greener pastures, Dr. Rogelio �Bong� Pe�era, 45, opted to stay. But on June 24 this year, his killers...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Latest Posts, Media, Politics, Top Stories on 06 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY- Davao journalists called House Speaker Prospero Nograles a �bully� when he threatened one local TV station of libel after the network reported that militant groups threw tomatoes in front of his office. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Latest Posts, Politics, Top Stories on 06 9th, 2009 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY� Groups opposed to Charter change urged the people of Davao to join the series of protests to express their outrage against the moves of Congress to change the Constitution. Calling themselves the People�s Movement Against Charter Change (People�s March), the groups...