San Isidro town govt to penalize cacao felling
Tagum City -- A fine or imprisonment awaits those caught cutting down cacao trees. San Isidro, Davao del Norte mayor Tomas Abelita bared plans to impose such penalties, which counter…
BAYAN warns of more military intervention during CBA negotiation with Dole Philippines
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or the New Patriotic Alliance)-Socsksargen warns of more military intervention, particularly by the 27th infantry battallion, as the negotiations for addendum to the present collective bargaining…
Boston villagers recount tales of military abuses
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
Villagers said soldiers mauled and illegally detained three men from Simulao for two days and tied them to a tree. They also allegedly robbed a civilian's motorcycle and destroyed several properties in Barangay Caatihan. In the hinterlands of Tubungan, in Barangay Caatihan of Boston town, soldiers stopped and confiscated three sacks of rice that two men bought from Boston upon suspicion that these are supply for Communist rebels.MSU introduces Islamic perspectives in curiculum
Cotabato City -- The Mindanao State University (MSU) system is collaborating with the Philippine Environmental Governance (EcoGov) project of the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) in the promotion of…
Making GMA accountable is always relevant and in season
It has always been the poor who are most vulnerable and exploited, who bear the heavy price for Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's unprecedented and insatiable corruption. Thus, the call of the…