In this fourth installment of Davao Today’s series of Q&As on the 2007 elections, Julkipli Wadi, political science and Islamic studies professor at the University of the Philippines, argues that both the administration and the opposition have offered nothing new to Filipinos in this election.
The Philippine military dominated today's headlines, with allegations that it ordered its troops to vote for Team Unity candidates and partylist groups identified with the administration. The directive was carried…
Maasim, Sarangani Province, Philippines –This third class municipality in the province of Sarangani in Southern Mindanao is home to some 39,000 Christians, Muslims and B?laans. About 90% (46,600 hectares out of the total land area of 51,107 hectares) of Maasim?s land area is forestlands, but only about 2,000 hectares remain forested.
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Protect the right to life.
Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno today urged the Regional Trial Court (RTC) judges who will handle cases involving killings of political activists and media members to always uphold the most fundamental of all rights ? the right to life ? as they dispense their roles as ?special court? judges.
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The Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command of the New People's Army has released Philippine Army S/Sgt. Albert A. Baludoya, who has been held as its Prisoner of War…