Davao Human-Rights Advocate Gets Death Threat
The human-rights group Karapatan in Southern Mindanao disclosed today that one of its advocates, Priel Booc, has received a death threat through a text message on Monday. More details here.
Davao Today Guide to Call Centers, BPO
Davao Today has launched its guide to the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. The guide, which can be viewed here, will track developments, news and issues in the call center,…
Davao del Sur Peasant Leader Shot Dead
DAVAO CITY — Despite international pressure and assurances by government that it is doing its best to stop the killing of political activists in the country, the violence continues. This morning, a provincial leader of Anakpawis, the partylist organization running for Congress seats in this year’s election, was shot dead by assassins in Digos City, Davao del Sur.
A Davao Punk?s Adventure Gone Horribly Wrong
Punk’d. Anderson Alonzo says he saw soldiers electrocuting one of his friends. (davaotoday.com photo by Jeffrey Tupas)
A Davao City resident recalls the arrest and ensuing torture he and 10 other punks suffered in the hands of the police and military in Mountain Province. “We thought we were going to be ‘salvaged?,? Anderson Alonzo recalled. ?Everyone was scared. All I could think about was, whatever happens, we wanted our bodies to be taken back home.”
The Melo Commission Report
After intense public pressure, the Arroyo administration released on Thursday the report of the Melo Commission, which was created to investigate the killings of political activists and journalists in the Philippines. In a nutshell, the report assigns accountability to state security forces for these atrocities.
Davao Today, which sourced the document from the Office of the Press Secretary, is publishing the report in full, but divided it by section and subsection for easy reading and navigation.