Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Llavore Espina walked his talk in defending press freedom and welfare of media workers in the country, braved vilification and threats on his life and said this line many times over: The press is free not because it is allowed to be free. It is free because it insists on being free.
Duterte-Carpio said during her Monday’s Special Hour program on the city government’s Disaster Radio that the city government is inviting national personalities and politicians for “star power” to boost the vaccination program.
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The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines celebrates the life of Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, a tireless champion for the freedom of the press and the welfare of media workers.
From ‘’Daang Matuwid to “Change is Coming,” the rhetoric of failed promises has made the road to progress in Mindanao uneven and torturous.
A three-story apartment in this city was placed under lockdown recently after one of the boarders, a call center agent,…
Countless in the country heaved a sigh of relief after the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda’s request on June 14 for a judicial authorization to proceed with an investigation on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s ‘’war on drugs’’ that killed thousands since 2016.
Davao City is having its hands full with the surge of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as treatment centers are already “overwhelmed” and in full capacity, and this only covered half of the 4,701 active cases in the city.
Angel Rivas’ body, the 12-year old girl, was wrapped in plastic and tape. Her face down to her neck were filled with stitches to hold together her disfigured face. Lenie’s body also bore stitches all over while Willy’s legs were plastered with packaging tape to cover the frightful sight of fractures.
Three lumad died in a brutal shooting when army soldiers based in Lianga town in Surigao del Sur allegedly fired their weapons indiscriminately in Sitio Panukmoan, Barangay Diatagon on June 15.
The surge of COVID-19 cases in Davao City has been alarming with a high of 4,022 active cases this week. But what can be done to curb the wave of infection?
