Author: DAVAO TODAY

This author has written 3254 articles
Read more about the article ‘Try living on a P10,000 month budget’ – progressive lawmakers
This mother does everything from handling a child, cleaning the house and cooking the food in a charcoal stove in her house along Boulevard Street. Poverty and housing is still a concern in this city. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

‘Try living on a P10,000 month budget’ – progressive lawmakers

Various labor groups and individuals have denounced as “misleading and unrealistic” the statement of a National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) official that the living standard for a Filipino family of five is P10,000 a month.

Continue Reading‘Try living on a P10,000 month budget’ – progressive lawmakers
Read more about the article Lumad group seeks protection of fugitive IP chieftain
Man on the Run. Datu Guibang Apoga, shown here in an interview with Davao Today in the mountains of Talaingod in 2006, promises to keep fighting for his dispossessed people. (davaotoday.com photo)

Lumad group seeks protection of fugitive IP chieftain

Pasaka Lumad confederation slammed the harassment of the 56th Infantry Battalion and paramilitary group ALAMARA to Lumad leader and chieftain of Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon, Datu Guibang Apoga.

Continue ReadingLumad group seeks protection of fugitive IP chieftain
Read more about the article Palace: What’s in a kiss?
President Rodrigo Duterte kisses a married overseas Filipino worker during his meeting with Filipino community in Seoul, South Korea on June 3, 2018. (Screenshot from PTV video)

Palace: What’s in a kiss?

Malacañang has defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s onstage kiss with a married overseas Filipina worker (OFW) in Seoul, South Korea, calling it “a light moment that is very accepted in the culture of Filipinos.”

Continue ReadingPalace: What’s in a kiss?
Read more about the article Neoliberal policies deepen school opening woes in PH
Grade 1 students of Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Central Elementary School are eager to introduce their selves using mother tongue during the first day of school. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Neoliberal policies deepen school opening woes in PH

As long as the neoliberal policies are obstinately adopted by the government, particularly by the Department of Education (DepED), the year-to-year woes confronted by parents, teachers, and administrators during the opening of classes will persist.

Continue ReadingNeoliberal policies deepen school opening woes in PH