Davao Bloggers Come Out to Party
A bloggers’ party held here last week turned into a coming-out party of sorts for the 52 bloggers who showed up at the newly opened NetFront coffeeshop and Internet caf?. Organizers claimed it was the first blog party outside of Metro Manila.
The Kidnapping of Satur Ocampo
In the Dead of Night. The government’s (man)handling of Satur Ocampo has turned the leftist congressman into a cause celebre. (Left photo by Dabet Castaneda/bulatlat.com; right photo by Kenneth Guda/pinoyweekly.org)
The Arroyo government’s handling of the case of Bayan Muna congressman Satur Ocampo has backfired. That’s according to the many commentary and opinion pieces that have been written since Ocampo was arrested, shoved into a van and then into a Leyte-bound plane while Filipinos were asleep.
Who is Satur Ocampo and why is the Arroyo regime hellbent on throwing him behind bars?
Satur Ocampo: A Profile
REPRESENTATIVE SATUR OCAMPO
Satur C. Ocampo was born on April 7, 1939 in Sta. Rita, Pampanga to a family of landless tenant farmers.
He is married to Carolina ?Bobbie? Malay, a writer and professor of journalism. He has four children and two grandchildren.
Pit Bull Fighting in Davao Denounced
ABS-CBN's TV Patrol reported tonight on the gaining popularity of pit-bull fighting in Davao City and the denunciation of the practice by animal rights activists. Popular in many parts of…