Yearly Archives: 2008

Bankerohan bridge construction in full swing

INITIATIVE. After almost a year of waiting, Davaoe?os are relieved to see that construction works of the Governor Generoso I in Bankerohan. Earlier, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte already gave up on finding funds for the P300 million bridge repair, supposed to be a project of the national government. When Duterte's political rival, Davao Rep. Prospero Nograles, assumed his post as the new House Speaker, signboards are installed in the project site, saying that the P206.64 million project, made possible through the initiative of the new House Speaker, will be finished on August 14 this year. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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Reporters Without Borders Criticizes Lack of Public Commitment to Press Freedom

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans fronti?res - www.rsf.org 13 February 2008 Annual Press Freedom Report 2008 REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CRITICISES LACK OF PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO PRESS FREEDOM AND FEARS ANTI-MEDIA VIOLENCE…

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Arroyo checks out Bankerohan bridge

Despite the drizzle, some 200 people await the arrival of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for over an hour near Gov. Generoso I bridge in Bankerohan. The President barely stays five minutes before leaving for the gathering of town mayors at Grand Regal Hotel. (davaotoday.com photo by Marilou M. Aguirre)


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Anti-US rally in Davao


Anti-US Sentiment. Evelyn Carias, Moro community leader, speaks before the crowd of around 1,000 activists who marched around the major streets of Davao City on Feb. 18 to protest the holding of joint RP-US military exercises in key areas in Mindanao. The protesters also condemned the alleged involvement of US troops in the alleged massacre of Muslim civilians in Sulu last Feb. 4. They also called for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)

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