Transport strike in Davao vs high oil prices


Activists in Davao City stage protests during the nationwide transport strike December 13 to protest the skyrocketing oil price in the country. At least 30 buses were hired by the Davao City government to augment public transportation during the strike. (Photo by Keith Bacongco/AKP Images)

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Commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights amid massive human-rights violaitons

On December 10, the world will commemorate the 59th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) amidst the escalating human rights abuses perpetrated by the US-Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime…

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Surigao refugees want to go home for Christmas

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

Poor sanitation, lack of water supply, malnutrition, poor resistance to diseases and heavy congestion continue to threaten the health of evacuees in Surigao del Sur. "They experience not only human rights violations," a human-rights advocate said. "Their basic right to health services are also not being answered by government."

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Jailed Davao broadcaster too poor to afford a lawyer asks for help

If media persons in Manila are raising a howl for being detained for hours without committing a crime, imagine how hard it would be for one to be sentenced to about six years in prison just because one could not afford a lawyer.

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