Obama’s reelection yields no fundamental shift in foreign policy, militants say

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today For lawyer Carlos Zarate, Bayan Muna Party’s second nominee, Obama’s win “only means a continuation and perpetuation of the same policies that for decades spawned a continuing state of impunity in poor countries” like the Philippines.

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Congress hearing will reveal more Palparans — Solon

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “This will refute the statement of General Bautista of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that Palparan is the last of his kind.  In fact many Palparans exists and they have not been prosecuted” -- Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares

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Dancing towards a local ballet company’s dream

By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today Pacañas shared that his greatest fear is that once Davaoeños become good dancers, they will not stay.  “They will go (abroad) and look for a job to further their career.  Just like other people who have no job here,” he said.

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Davao militants protest Alcover’s presence in House Inquiry on HRVs, slam Akbayan’s Bello for red-baiting

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Bayan Intise, spokesperson of Pagkakaisa ng mga Biktima para sa Hustisya in Southern Mindanao, an organization of families of victims of political killings and other human rights violations, said both Alcover and Bello “do not have the right to become part of the investigating body since they themselves are instigators of such atrocities.”

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