The New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, renewed its warning against foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc., telling the mining firm over the weekend to abandon its huge copper and gold project in South Cotabato or brace for violent attacks.
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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT- MINDANAO Press Release March 29, 2008 Central Mindanao THE NPA IN MINDANAO ACHIEVED MORE VICTORIES- KA. ORIS…
�There are clear manifestations of uneasiness and tension in the children while they were sharing their experiences, particularly during the…
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) and the City Health Office (CHO) conducted a second Free No-Scalpel Vasectomy…
The Balikatan exercises jointly conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Army in Luzon…

Joey de Venecia, in a recent forum in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
Joey de Venecia III, the first whistleblower in the ZTE scandal, regrets that his father, former House speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., had to pay a steep political price for his expos�. �Maybe it was his salvation,� Joey says of his father’ ouster as House speaker. But blood is thicker than water and, Joey says, their relationship has never been better.
By AURELIO A. PENA | Davao Today
SPECIAL REPORT Despite efforts by the country’s call center companies to glamorize the industry, call center agents are resigning, job-hopping, transferring or being fired by the hundreds as fast as they are being hired. That image of a “successful call center executive making it in the business world� is lost to these call center agents who are just too glad to quit the industry.

UNVEILING. The inauguration of the Museo Dabawenyo highlights the grand opening of Araw ng Dabaw celebration. Created through a city ordinance, the nine million peso building houses city artifacts, documents and other priceless objects that speak of the city’s history, people and culture. The city government invites Davao’s oldest families to donate materials and other historical items for the museum. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
Today, the call for patriotic duty is upon us, all freedom-loving and justice- seeking citizens, peoples as well as women…
The killing of Davao businessman Vicente Ferrazini has turned into a battle for the hearts and minds of the people, with both the Communist New People’s Army (NPA) and the Philippine Army using it to lash back at each other.