PCGG abolition frees Marcoses from grave crimes, militants say

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Abolishing the PCGG would mean stopping the investigation against the Marcoses.  Won’t this take precedence?  That those who are in power will commit crimes with impunity because they can just get away with it?” – Fe Salino of the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon

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Aquino’s total log ban policy, a major failure in DavOr

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today The effect of Pablo in this province and even that of Compostela Valley -- where over a thousand were killed, thousands more were injured and destroyed billions worth in agriculture and infrastructure -- showed years of wanton forest denudation that was not stopped by government laws and policies.

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