‘Baktin’ tracked in Spain, says Duterte

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “Singot sa ubang tawo ang iyang mga gikawat.  Ang kasakit, kay tua (siya karon) sa Madrid, nagsuroy-suroy (He stole what others worked hard for.  What’s painful is that, he’s now in Madrid, enjoying himself), Duterte said.

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Lapanday workers complain of harassment after strike notice

By JOHN RIZLE L SALIGUMBA Davao Today Union vice-chaiperson Larry Arguilles said that they have since observed many unidentified personnel in plain clothes in their packaging plant since then.  He said these men entered the company grounds freely while workers are required to wear prescribed uniforms and identification cards.  He added that these same men have been going from house to house of union members to discourage them from pursuing the strike.

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Letters from Czechoslovakia: Davao students lament education crisis

By PAUL RANDY P. GUMANAO Davao Today According to Palma Gil, the students’ resistance has inspired the establishment of an anti-Nazi students’ coalition in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere.  Now, the commemoration is essentially an observance of the continued contribution of student activism in various reforms in the educational system.

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GWP urges Comelec to genuinely uphold marginalized representation in the party-list system

Press Release 16 November 2012 Members of the women party-list group Gabriela trooped today (Nov. 16) to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to support beleaguered party-list groups’ Kalikasan and Courage…

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