The brutal murder of IFI Bishop Alberto Ramento has galvanized the resolve of the church?s priests and followers in Davao City, vowing to continue the pro-people struggles of a beloved man who devoted his life to the masses. Davao Today managing editor Cheryll D. Fiel reports.
By Ren Jalaluddin Ropeta The GRP-MILF standoff over the question of ancestral domain claim lies on the fact that the two parties? perspective on the right to ancestral land and…
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has appealed on the different sectors in Mindanao to be vigilant, as a ?third party? may sabotage the volatile situation in the southern Philippines due to the a breakdown of the peace negotiations between the front and the government. Davao Today’s Keith Bacongco reports.
The government hastens the privatization or commercialization of state colleges and universities by lowering the budget for these schools, who are forced to increase tuition and come up with all sorts of income-generating projects that have nothing to do with education. In the meantime, poor students and their families are caught in a bind. Davao Today staff writer Grace S. Uddin tells us why.
Activism is alive and burning inside the UP Mindanao campus as students stayed up until dawn last week to protest the astronomical tuition increases the administrators of the University of thePhilippines system are proposing. Davao Today intern Melody Amor S. Nicolas was there.