By DAVAO TODAY

Gov. Joey Salceda made the confirmation in a television interview. The fatalities were mountain climbers and a local tour guide. ...

By GILBERT L. PACIFICAR
Davao Today

“We should emulate the life of our lumad heroes who died in the struggle for defending the ancestral domain.” -- Datu Monico Cayog, Kalumaran chairperson ...

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

“Maayo pa ang mga batan-on nakahuna-huna og repares aning bukid.  Naghinaut ko nga daghan pang sama nila ang mohimo ani (I thank the youth for taking action to reforest our mountains.  I hope more will do the same thing)," said Alice Lindasan, one of the residents, noting that nothing of this sort of help had been done to their community before. ...

By GILBERT L. PACIFICAR
Davao Today

The 18 ethno-linguistic tribes of the island together with other support groups have converged to hold the government of Noynoy Aquino accountable for the destruction of the IPs’ ancestral lands and the many cases of rights abuses against the peasant and lumad communities including extrajudicial killings. ...

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the 5.1.-magnitude earthquake was at 7.240°N, 124.941°E, 8 Kilometer NNW of Linao. ...

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “The results of the study will serve as basis in crafting the management plan for the tarsier in the region,” said DENR- 11 Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada. ...

By ACE R. MORANDANTE Davao Today “I advocate for the protection of our environment.  This activity is also one of the ways to expose my children to become responsible with our nature.” -- Rommel Diduyon ...

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today "We came here not to destroy equipment or hurt people but to ask for justice," Montecalvo said. “We are ready to defend our barricade,” he added. ...

By ACE R. MORANDANTE Davao Today Alan Montecalvo, Indug’s spokesperson said Apex’s dumping of soil into the river has aggravated flooding when typhoon Pablo brought rains last December.  The floods totally damaged 54 houses, partially damaged 30 houses and also damaged their livelihood including crops and farm animals.  It also destroyed the bridge and riverways and killed two residents. ...

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today The City Information Office, in a text advisory Wednesday morning, said “classes from preschool to highschool levels will resume today, February 20” based on the Pagasa weather bulletin issued at 11 PM Tuesday. ...