In Limbo: MNLF Old Guards Are Trapped in the Past
Germelina Lacorte, associate editor of Davao Today, was commissioned by Newsbreak magazine to write about the old guards of the Moro National Liberation Front and where they are now. "What…
Tortured, Then Freed
Sammy Gampong (bottom), one of the three Moros arrested for allegedly trying to bring explosives onto a Superferry ship, shows injuries on his wrist inflicted, according to him, by the…
In the Line of Fire: Davao OFWs Relive Middle East Nightmare
By Grace S. Uddin
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — The ground would shake, like when there?s an earthquake, each time the bombs fell. Miko Corido, a thirty-something Davaoeno who worked as a domestic helper in Lebanon, was traumatized and bruised, literally, by the experienced.
Delia Torocio, 24 and also a maid in Lebanon, described the bombings the same way. ?I could not sleep for fear that I might die anytime,? she said in a forum organized last week by the Center for Overseas Workers, a nonprofit group based in this city. When Delia?s boss fled to Egypt, she was left in the care of her employer?s mother.
Unite and Rage Against Political Repression!
We should raise a deafening howl, as a people, as a nation with a collective strength no dictator in the past or present can thwart, not just to condemn the…
Kadayawan 2006
Davao City just concluded its 21st Kadayawan festival, a celebration of what the city and the region have to offer to the world. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan)