Tagum mayor resents high-level corruption while his city makes do with measly budget
Disease-causing toxin found in Davao, Gensan rice
The US FDA defines aflatoxin as toxic compounds produced by certain strains of the aspergillus fungus; it is toxic and carcinogenic. Exposure to high level of aflatoxin, according to the DOST, produces acute necrosis or tissue death, as well as cirrhosis and carcinoma of the liver.
City tightens airport security
Airport security has been tightened at the Davao International Airport to ensure the safety of passengers, former Aviation Security Group (ASG) commander Supt Ramon Salvilla said. Salvilla, who currently sits…
Legal rights and environment group asks Arroyo to resign
Today, the call for patriotic duty is upon us, all freedom-loving and justice- seeking citizens, peoples as well as women and men of the Philippines! Today, we are called upon…
Previous brushes with US troops make young Moros wary of Balikatan
Activists speak out against the Balikatan in Cagayan de Oro City.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Related story: Fears raised against BalikatanA day before the joint U.S.-Philippine Balikatan military exercises, young Moro protesters led a barricade in barangay Sarimanok in Marawi City, which ended up with protesters hurling stones at a passing convoy of vehicles loaded with U.S. soldiers. Not contented, the protesters chased the fleeing Hi-Ace and Toyota vans and hit the car windows with stones. Aida Ibrahim, chair of the Moro youth organization Liga ng Kabataang Moro (LKM) in Marawi said the Moro youth will do everything they can to drive the U.S. troops away.