By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Dawang, who is six months pregnant, according to the statement, was “arrested” in Daligasaw village and “forcibly detained” in the battalion headquarters in Sta. Cruz town while Magwan was taken on August 7 in San Isidro village and brought to the same military battalion headquarters with her two-year-old child.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza said the province has allocated PHP 12 million (USD 0.29M) for the celebration that will feature various activities affirming the province’s realization of its goals.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today On the NSCB declaration that Davao City is the least poor in Mindanao: “(That’s) good news, but it doesn’t mean that there are no more poor people in Davao. Many are still in need of work and (decent) income, especially that the city’s rate of in-migration has increased” -- Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today The Mindanao Lumad Alliance, Kalumaran, urges Aquino to “put an end to the killings, abuses, and military recruitment of Lumad paramilitaries in our communities that failed to bring peace and development” as it called to “stop this deception that mines, dams, and agribusiness will bring in development.”