By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“We demand that they admit to the crime; they should be punished for the loss of lives of the innocent civilians in the massacre”– Pastor Sadrach Sabella, secretary-general of Karapatan-Socsksargends
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
While there have been recent developments on the side of the GPH in response to a proposal submitted by the NDFP, Olalia, however, said he’s not at liberty to say what is its current status. He revealed though that the Aquino administration has sent emissaries to meet the negotiators in The Netherlands sometime last month.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Indigenous peoples’ activists cited 27 cases of extra-judicial killing have occurred under the present administration.
By PAUL RANDY P. GUMANAO
Davao Today
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines ‘corporal’ or ‘physical’ punishment as any punishment that makes use of physical force to cause pain or discomfort. Unicef goes on to say that corporal punishment usually involves hitting, for example, slapping or spanking children with the hand or with an implement. The CRC views corporal punishment as invariably degrading.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“The IPRA law only served as a tool to legally plunder our ancestral lands. The law, in its present form, cannot provide the realization and attainment of our rights” — Francesca Tolentino, secretary general of the Katribu Partylist
By John Rizle L.Saligumba
Davao Today
Madlos said that the NDFP calls on other legitimate Moro armed groups and the Moro people to strengthen their struggle in two fronts. “First, in the assertion of basic human and political rights, persist and broaden the Moro mass movement by the thousands; and second, strengthen and further intensify the Moro armed revolutionary resistance against our common enemy – the fascist state and its armed forces, and US military interventionist forces.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
increases workers’ susceptibility to sexually-transmitted diseases, including HIV by fuelling stigma and discrimination, limiting access to sexual health services, condoms and harm reduction services; and adversely affecting the self esteem of sex workers and their ability to make informed choices about their health.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Bayan Muna Party-list Representative Teddy Casiño said the root cause of Mindanao’s power crisis is “the government’s neglect of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower systems due to the policy of privatization.”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Fr. Geremia, who personally knew Juvy Capion, questioned the apparent apathy of President Benigno Aquino III, who did nothing to stop the killings of lumads, saying, “If you order or allow the military to kill people like Juvy and her children, haven’t you lost your legitimacy? You may find words to justify your rules of engagement, but you cannot justify this crime before God and your people.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“Kung titingnan natin, mga marginalized ang mga member-consumers ng electric cooperatives, hindi mayayaman ang nakararami sa kanila lalo na sa mga barangays at sitios”, (If we look at it, member-consumers of electric cooperatives are marginalized, majority of them are not rich especially those residing in the barangays and sub-villages), Apec Representative Ponciano Payuyo said.
