Politics

Pantukan blast hurts 7 soldiers

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Sep 03, 2013

Two days after the Philippine government called for an end to violence and a militant lawmaker urged for the resumption of peace negotiations with communist rebels, seven government troops were hurt by explosives purportedly detonated by the New People’s Army at dawn Tuesday in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley.

Davao folks rant Aquino’s ‘red carpet’ treatment of Napoles

Davao folks rant Aquino’s ‘red carpet’ treatment of Napoles

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Aug 29, 2013

Davao City residents interviewed by Davao Today did not hide their dismay over the perceived special treatment on Janet Lim Napoles, the principal figure in the multibillion pork barrel scam, as she walked escorted to Malacañang on Wednesday to surrender to the President after several days of being fugitive of the law.

Failing grades for Pnoy

Failing grades for Pnoy

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Aug 27, 2013

President Aquino could be getting a failing grade for failing to stop corruption, according to educators who participated in Monday’s march-rally for the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel.

“First time mo?”

“First time mo?”

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Aug 26, 2013

Many participants in Davao’s Million People March were first-timers and found the march-rally ‘inspiring’ and ‘educational.’