Developers to put up cheap 10M housing units in 18 years, but urban poor says amortization still expensive

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Kadamay:  “Ang mga trabahante dinhi sa siyudad gagmay ra og sweldo apan ang mga palaliton mahal kaayo.  Unsaon man nila pagkabayad sa amortisasyon sa pabalay?”  (Workers here in urban areas receive minimal salaries against the high prices of commodities.  How can they pay the housing amortization?)

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NDFP calls GPH Panel Chair’s accusations “malicious, unfounded”

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Jalandoni said the NDFP apology and indemnification “stand in stark contrast to the denial of responsibility by the AFP” for the many violations it committed such as the Hacienda Luisita massacre in November 2004 and the killing of nine-year-old pupil Grecil Buya in Kahayag village, Compostela Valley in March 2007.

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Motorcycle-riding men kills Kapalong driver

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today At about 8 AM on Monday, Razil Castro, was fixing the sadam truck parked outside his house when the gunman alighted from the motorcycle, witnesses say.  The victim was shot eight times with a .45 caliber pistol.  He sustained six gunshot wounds.

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