It?s that Wonderful Time of the Year
TAKE YOUR PICK. This durian vendor finds his hands full these days, especially on nights like these. It's durian season in Davao again, that time of the year when one…
34 Years Since Martial Law, Despotism Still Reigns
The similarities of the atrocities during martial law and today are chilling. Hooded men knocking down doors and dragging out victims in the dead of night. Assassins on motorcycles. Killers shooting victims in cold blood, often in close range. Anguished relatives looking for answers and, most important of all, justice.
By Carlos H. Conde
davaotoday.com
MANILA ? Four years ago, Dee Batnag-Ayroso, a 37-year-old mother of two, lost her husband Honorio when gunmen abducted him. Honorio was never found. And much as Dee still wants to cling to the hope that he?s still alive somewhere, the continuing killings and abductions of Honorio?s fellow activists heightens her desperation.
Dee was in her home last month when she heard on the radio that Ernesto Ladica, a member of the leftist political party Bayan Muna, was shot dead while having coffee with his three sons outside their home in Misamis Oriental. Dee?s husband was also a member of Bayan Muna; many of the victims of these murders and forced disappearances were members and leaders of this group.
Diwalwal Lures World’s 5th Largest Gold Miner
The Inquirer reports today that Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd., reputedly the world's fifth largest gold mining company and the largest in South Africa, is setting its eyes on Diwalwal,…
MILF Decries Government ‘Insincerity’ in Talks
Contrary to the Arroyo administration?s claims that the peace process between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is progressing, the Moro group today lambasted the government for ?offering…
Banana Plantation Workers Struggle to Save Jobs
One of the biggest banana companies in Mindanao recently fired 196 workers. The welfare of their families on the line, the aggrieved workers decided to take to the streets. They?re still there.
By Alberto P. Egot Jr.
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — “Trabaho ipadayon, dili separation pay!” At daytime, the red flag bearing these words is waved high, to call attention and action. But when evening comes, this piece of cloth keeps the weary backs of workers from the cold and damp.
Just outside the offices of the AMS Group of Companies along F. Torres Street, on a strip of a roadside dirtpath, workers of a banana plantation in Compostela town, Compostela Valley, have been staying 24 hours a day for more than a week now.
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