Special Reports- Davao Today

September 06, 2010

SPECIAL REPORT: Justice for the Children of War

SPECIAL REPORT: Justice for the Children of War

Posted by CJ KUIZON in * News & Features, Davao Region, Featured Articles, Human Rights, Special Reports, Top Stories on May 9th, 2010 | No Comments

By CJ KUIZON Davao Today DAVAO CITY – In April 2007, the remote town of New Bataan in the province of Compostela Valley–some three to four hours from downtown Davao City–hogged the headlines when a nine year old girl was killed and soldiers identified her as a New Peoples Army (NPA) child...

How important is the MOA-AD on the Moro people’s quest for right to self- determination?

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts, Mindanao, Peace Process, Special Reports, Top Stories on Dec 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY�Just how important was the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) to the Moro people? Mohagher Iqbal, the chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said the document contains the political solution to the age-old problem...

Boston villagers recount tales of military abuses

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao Region, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Special Reports, Top Stories on Nov 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today BOSTON, DAVAO ORIENTAL � Residents of barangays Simulao and Caatihan said government soldiers are getting back at them after sustaining losses in a September encounter with the Communist New People’s Army. Villagers said soldiers mauled and illegally...

RP call centers reel from world’s highest turnover

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Economy, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Mar 15th, 2008 | 10 Comments

By AURELIO A. PENA | Davao Today DAVAO CITY — Like zombies, they stumbled out of the elevator: haggard, red-eyed, and sleepy in shabby, crumpled clothes and disheveled hair. Some in sandals and pajamas, their hands gripping either a big coffee mug or a water bottle, they chatter away in English....

The ‘strong peso’ and the folly of OFW export

Posted by IBON MEDIA in Economy, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Labor, Latest Posts, OFWS & Migration, Politics, Special Reports on Feb 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

By SONNY AFRICA | Ibon Features MANILA � A year ago, Pres.Gloria Arroyo was hyping the strengthening peso as a validation of her efforts to build a �strong economy�. These days, it is becoming clearer that the �strong� peso is not a sign of a strengthening economy. In fact, it is even hurting overseas...

Japanese pastors learn shocking things about Davao bananas

Posted by GERMELINA A. LACORTE in Breaking News, Davao City, Davao Region, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Jan 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments

No Fans of Bananas. Japanese pastors support their Filipino counterparts in speaking against JPEPA at the end of the five-day bilateral conference between their group, the National Christian Churches of Japan and the National Council of Churches of the Philippines. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry...

The fugitive of Talaingod

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Business, Davao Region, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Special Reports on Oct 23rd, 2007 | 8 Comments

TALAINGOD, Davao del Norte — Datu Guibang Apoga, the chieftain of the Ata-Manobo tribe in the hinterlands of Talaingod, has been in hiding for a decade now. In the lowlands of Mindanao, his face is prominently displayed on posters in bus terminals and police stations as one of the most wanted persons...

In Duterte’s last term, Davao folk want some things done

Posted by MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN in Breaking News, Davao City, Latest Posts, Politics, Special Reports on Jul 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments

Related stories: Coming soon: Duterte-Nograles showdown in 2010 At City Council, Sara shows why she is her father�s daughter By Marilou M. Aguirre and Cheryll D. Fiel Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has served for six consecutive years as mayor. During that time, he...

Coming soon: Duterte-Nograles showdown in 2010

Posted by GERMELINA A. LACORTE in Davao City, Latest Posts, Politics, Special Reports on Jul 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments

By Germelina A. LacorteDavao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines — First-district congressman Prospero Nograles, the majority floorleader of the House of Representatives and a Lakas stalwart, has been a political rival of for years of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Twice in the past, he ran against the popular mayor...

At City Council, Sara shows why she is her father’s daughter

Posted by CHERYLL D. FIEL in Davao City, Latest Posts, Politics, Special Reports on Jul 12th, 2007 | No Comments

�I abhor stupidity and mediocre work,” Sara Duterte said in her inaugural speech. “So I respectfully request you to toe the line. Let us not forget that we do not serve at our own pleasure and at our own time.� ...

Enforced disappearances in the Philippines: A strategic shift against the Left?

Posted by CARLOS H. CONDE in Breaking News, Extrajudicial Killings, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Philippines, Special Reports on Jun 13th, 2007 | No Comments

Activists suspect that the increasing number of abductions of political activists in the past few months suggests a possible shift in strategy by state security forces. This strategy, they said, designed to blunt the international outrage generated by the extrajudicial killings but at the same time continue...

Biofuels Act: Will it lessen foreign firms’ grip on Philippines’s energy sector?

Posted by IBON MEDIA in Breaking News, Economy, Latest Posts, Philippines, Special Reports on Jun 8th, 2007 | 1 Comment

At first glance, the Biofuels Act seems like a promising start on the road towards national energy independence and weaning away from dependence on imported energy sources. But a closer look reveals how the law ultimately promotes foreign control over the Philippines�s natural resources, which is already the...

The Philippine elections: What went wrong, what can be done

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao City, Philippines, Special Reports on May 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment

DAVAO CITY — Revel Ian Rakasa, a 24-year-old resident of Talomo Proper, spent nearly three hours looking for his name. He hopped from one voting precinct to another, elbowing his way through the throng of equally exasperated voters, their necks growing stiff looking at the pages of papers stapled on...

Blood Banana

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Davao Region, Extrajudicial Killings, Human Rights, Labor, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Dec 15th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Namasufa president Vicente Barrios, in a picture taken during the International Labor Solidarity Mission (ILSM) fact-finding in May this year. He had earlier reported a threat to his life. (Contributed photo) The president and three members of a union in Compostela Valley were shot by unidentified men...

Special Report: Destination Davao

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Entertainment, Latest Posts, Special Reports, Travel & Leisure on Apr 10th, 2006 | No Comments

Click here for more stories on Davao tourism and tourist attractions. To Market, To Market DAVAO CITY — If you are a first-timer here — if, let’s say, you don’t have any idea about this city except its tough-talking mayor, the beaches, the white sand — try visiting...

Special Report: A Life in Pain

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Crime & Public Safety, Gender Issues, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Mar 17th, 2006 | No Comments

A 26-year-old mother endured six long years of abuse, neglect and fear. Like other survivors of domestic violence, she went through the cycle of pain and confusion. It took the wisdom of a boy to finally set her free. Related Stories A Costly Fight Against Domestic Abuse Exploitative Ambivalence: How Davao...

Special Report: A Costly Fight Against Domestic Abuse

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Gender Issues, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Mar 17th, 2006 | No Comments

According to data from City Hall�s Integrated Gender and Development Division, most of the women victims of domestic violence end up not filing any case against their abusive spouses. Many incur heavy expenses as they try to pursue their case. In many instances, the legal expenses dissuaded victims from...

Special Report: A Life in Pain

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Gender Issues, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Mar 17th, 2006 | No Comments

City Hall�s policy on prostituted women, which criminalizes them on the one hand and legalizes them — through the city�s collection of fees — on the other, has been decried for its tendency to victimize these women twice over. By Jetty Ayop-Ohaylan davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY � At around seven in...

Special Report: A Not-So-Bright Christmas

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts, Religion, Special Reports on Dec 24th, 2005 | No Comments

Davaoe�os, like most Filipinos, are now feeling the pinch of the high cost of commodities. Many can�t afford to celebrate Christmas the way they used to. �The times are so hard, we hardly sell anything,� two fruit vendors cried in unison when asked about their sales this week just a few hours before dusk....

Special Report: Desperate Housewives

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Economy, Gender Issues, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Dec 17th, 2005 | No Comments

Women and mothers are reeling from the impact of the new value-added tax (EVAT) law, and some have gone to extreme measures to make both ends meet. One of them is Miranda, who takes �Last Two� bets to support her family. She knows what she’s doing is wrong but according to her, she was willing to take...

Of Strokes, Figs and Canvases

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Arts & Culture, Latest Posts, Special Reports on Dec 17th, 2005 | No Comments

Even the uninitiated can tell if a work of art was done by someone from Mindanao or who has been influenced by the island’s peoples, culture and the strife. You can sense this in the strokes, in the medium, in the subjects. In this issue of davaotoday.com, five visual artists who all hailed from...

At war over her body

Posted by GERMELINA A. LACORTE in Davao City, Gender Issues, Health, Latest Posts, Politics, Religion, Special Reports on Nov 27th, 2005 | No Comments

The Catholic Church and the Davao City government are waging a fierce battle against each other over contraception. Women like Hazel Baraw get caught in the crossfire. Related stories: The Women of Davao Siyuan and the Struggles of Her Tribe Desperate Housewives Subic Rape Case a �Wake-Up Call� for...

Rody’s War

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Crime & Public Safety, Extrajudicial Killings, First Issue, Latest Posts, Politics, Special Reports on Nov 6th, 2005 | 21 Comments

Related Stories The Rise and Rise of Rodrigo Duterte In Full Control Why the Media Love �Digong� Teenagers Perish in Davao�s Killing Fields DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) � Mayor Rodrigo Duterte likes to regale his guests with the story of how, one time, using a piece of firewood, he crushed the hands of a...

Welcome to Davao Today!

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Arts & Culture, Business, Children/Youth, Commentary, Crime & Public Safety, Environment, First Issue, Gender Issues, Health, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, News Analysis, Peace Process, Photographs, Podcasts, Politics, Profiles, Religion, Special Reports, Technology, Terrorism, Travel & Leisure on Nov 6th, 2005 | No Comments

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2005: A Year of Mayhem and Trepidation

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts, Special Reports on Jan 1st, 2005 | No Comments

2005 proved to be as tumultuous a year as the years past. It began with grisly violence as the vigilante-style killings in Davao City continued to claim victims even as Davaoe�os welcomed the new year with optimism. Indeed, violence, mayhem and murder dominated the news in Davao for much of the year. There...