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...

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...

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...

DAVAO CITY– The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) welcomed the City Council’s resolution declaring Jovito Palparan and Pastor Jun Alcover as persona-non-grata in Davao, saying that the group will remain vigilant against the escalation of harassment and threats knowing the notorious...

DAVAO CITY—The Kabataan Party recently launched the “Krismas Tri para sa Pagbag-o” (KTP, Christmas Tree for Change), to press for an expeditious resumption by the Commission on Elections for the voter’s registration as mandated by a recent nine-page Supreme Court ruling to extend the...

DAVAO CITY—It will be a fun-filled and total entertainment night for the residents of Compostela Valley Province  on December 23. Top singer-comedians Anton Diva and Joy Viado are set to bring their endless laughter and singing prowess on stage. “We want to entertain our people through fun and...

DAVAO CITY— The Kabataan Partylist stormed the regional office of the Comelec (Commission on Elections) to compel it to immediately start the resumption of voter’s registration as mandated by the Supreme Court. The extension of registration was granted by the Supreme Court acting upon the motion from the...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines’s (AFP) posturing as hero in the aftermath of the Ampatuan massacre is hypocritical in the face of hidden arms caches found in the Ampatuan warlord’s mansions and vast properties. These military-owned high-powered rifles, ammunition, and war materiel are evidence that...

“The Philippine Supreme Court must continue to rule on the seven pending petitions praying for the declaration of Presidential Proclamation No. 1959 as unconstitutional and void.” This is the message of human rights lawyers from the Philippines, South Korea, Japan and India as they gather together for a...

DAVAO CITY– Renowned Ata-Manobo datu of Talaingod, Davao del Norte, Datu Guibang Apoga, was hailed as one of the ten awardees of the Gawad Bayani ng Kalikasan (Environment Hero) Awards and the Center for Environmental Concerns (CEC) – Philippines last December 10. “Pig-ila noy no kanaming inoy woy...

Davao City— A day after the commemoration of the International Human Rights Day and a few days after a notorious retired general said he will intensify his anti-communist campaign in Davao City, Ariel Casilao, spokesperson of Bayan Muna in Southern Mindanao, received a death threat through a voice call. ...

(An NDF statement on the 61st Universal Declaration of Human Rights) The National Democratic Front (NDF) of the Philippines-Southern Mindanao calls Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a certified fascist and dictator with the martial law declaration in Maguindanao only among her latest and shameless schemes to continue...

The National Democratic Front-Mindanao considers the Arroyo regime’s declaration of martial rule in the province of Magindanao on Dec. 5 a brazen abuse of power that dangerously leads to the impingement of the rights of the people and is directed against the struggle of the Bangsamoro in particular and...

Davao City—Dr. Anthony C. Sales, regional director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), together with the officials of the Hydrology for Environment, Life, and Policy (Help) met with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) representatives to conduct a...

Davao City—In a show of full support, pastors, priests and religious leaders in Compostela Valley — regardless of religion — convened at the provincial capitol on the feast of the Immaculate Conception to share their valuable messages of unity and peace. December 8 was declared by Gov. Arturo...

The December 3 ambuscade by the red fighters of Conrado Heredia Command Front 20 Operations Command-New People’s Army against the troops of 25th infantry battalion (IB) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in gold-rich Brgy. Diwalwal, Monkayo town is nothing short of a glaring testament to the...

DAVAO CITY—Senator Miguel Zubiri is expected to lead the cornerstone laying of the University of the Philippines Mindanao School of Management building at the school’s Mintal campus this December 5. With a budget allocation of 50 million pesos, the structure is part of UP Mindanao ’s Medium...

MISAMIS ORIENTAL, PHILIPPINES—A resolution requesting the Senate to fast track the passage of a bill that will integrate peace and development efforts in the island of Mindanao was unanimously approved by an island-wide shippers group in their recent Mindanao logistics conference. Vic Lagdamen, president...

Davao City—Driven by the vision to continuously upgrade service excellence, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) here pursued a revisit of the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001-2000 on Quality Management Systems (QMS) held at the Port Management Office (PMO)-Davao on the last week of...

The 4th Pulang Bagani Company of the New People’s Army (PBC-NPA) in Southern Mindanao condemns the brutal killing of Conrado Cañete, a 57-year old farmer whose sole basis for being the target for murderis that he is the father to Ka Jinggoy of the 4th PBC-NPA. He was last seen attending the fiesta...

DAVAO CITY – The death of Rebelyn Pitao early this year was followed with the killing of the father of an NPA commander last November 28, indicating that the military and its deathsquads are still at it: retaliating against the New People’s Army (NPA) by attacking the families of its...

DAVAO CITY—The killing of Rebelyn Pitao, daughter of NPA Commander Leoncio a.k.a “Parago” Pitao was brought to fore by more than 100 members of various non-government organizations led by the Exodus for Justice and Peace in the convergence of peace advocates, collectively called “the pilgrims for...

On the occasion of the International Day in Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War, declared by the International League of Peoples Struggle on December 3 of every year, political detainees join the whole nation in condemning the bloody reign of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The gruesome...

DAVAO CITY—Philippine Ports Authority Port District Office-Southern Mindanao (PPA PDO-SoMin) unites with volunteers from government and non-government organizations (NGOs) on the War Against Human Trafficking (WAT) campaign. Recently, a motorcade was organized by the Inter-Agency Council Against...

IBP Davao Statement on Proclamation No. 1959 Declaring The State Of Martial Law and Suspension of the Writ Of Habeas Corpus in Maguindanao Arroyo gov’t laying grounds for whitewash President Arroyo capitalizing on Ampatuan Massacre to stay in power; Rebellion charge diminishes the barbarity of...