By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“What De Lima has reported to US Congressmen is an utter distortion and denial of the country’s human rights situation”– Hanimay Suazo, secretary general, Karapatan in Southern Mindanao
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“Gusto gid niya mag-uma (He really loved to farm)” — Fr. Peter Geremia, PIME
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“Gibinu-angan lang mi sa gobyerno, wala man diay para sa amoa (The government is not taking us seriously, nothing has been intended for us all along)” — Lilia Gicana, 54, CARP beneficiary
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Pursuant to the mandate, Section 22 of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers or Republic Act 4670 provides for compulsory medical examination “free of charge for all teachers before they take up teaching, and shall be repeated not less than once a year during the teacher’s professional life.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Unlike most other waterfalls, not a river or any body of water exists above it. The water simply gushes out from rock formations in a cliff at the edge of a hill. A great portion of the cliff is covered with grasses resembling large green curtains.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Indigenous tribes were displaced from their community in the government’s counter-insurgency programs that unleashed paramilitary groups in the hinterlands. When they returned to their lands, they found that settlers have applied their ancestral land for agrarian reform program and forestry projects.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
This ordinance comes after the city’s Anti-Smoking Task Force finds no study has come out that assures such new cigarettes are safe to the public.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Previously, the Bureau of Investments has set a ceiling of a billion pesos (USD 23.9M) as capital in order for a firm to avail of incentives. Now, with its lowered threshold capital, the government attempts to solve problems in the agriculture industry, a move criticized by farmers groups.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Channel assignments are now grouped in genres ranging from local, kids, education, sports, movies, news, entertainment, high-definition, international and religious.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“I thank the NPA that even though I only sprained my ankle when we ran for safety after the blast, they still included me in the indemnification. And I thank them for admitting responsibility. They truly are sincere,” said Primitiva Dadula, 56.
