The U.S. Financial Crisis and the Philippines’ Economic Debacle
The opposing views proliferating in the media on whether the U.S. financial meltdown will have an extensive impact on the Philippine economy are expected and time may help settle this…
Photo Essay: A call for a stop to human rights violations in Compostela Valley
Photos By JONALD MAHINAY and BARRY OHAYLAN | Davao Today
According to Karapatan, human-rights violations in Southern Mindanao have increased as Oplan Bantay Laya, aimed at crushing the communist rebellion, is nearing its deadline in 2010. Click here for more pictures
Women and children in conflict areas tell their stories in Ibon book
By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today
Funded by the United Nations children's fund (Unicef), the Ibon book delves into the lives of women and children living in areas under the influence of the New People's Army (NPA) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), hence, the subject of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operations.Groups slam military for calling children killed in attacks as ‘child warriors’
By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today
Ma. Esmeralda Macaspac, CRC executive director, said the statements made by Colonel Marlou Salazar, 601st brigade commander, were "irresponsible and cowardly." She pointed out that five of the six children who were killed were below ten years old, slamming the military's penchant for branding children that they have killed in their operations as "child warriors."
SHANTIES. A giant billboard stands obtrusively against the shanties along the riverbank of Davao River. About one third of Filipinos are living below the poverty line, their condition worsened by rising inflation, which registered a 17-year high last month. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported in its latest poverty survey released in May that the number of " poor" Filipinos grew from 23.8 million in 2003 to 27.6 million in 2006. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
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