Outrage sweeps Mindanao over Tampakan massacre

By WARREN CAHAYAG Davao Today They are demanding the military to account for such “act of barbarity”, saying that relieving the perpetrators is not enough but the pull-out of these troops “who have become attack dogs against lumads who are only defending their land from being turned into ugly mine sites.”

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DANECO’s bid for cooperativization gets a boost from progressive solon, former Senator

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Ang nakakatakot sa planong pag-take-over ng National Electrification Administration o NEA sa ating kooperatiba ay ang napakalaking posibilidad na mabenta ito sa pribadong korporasyon,” Bayan Muna Partylist Representative Teddy Casiño speaking before Daneco’s second general assembly held in Tagum Sunday.

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Justice grinds slow for Fr. Pops in the eyes of the young

By RG PALUA GUMANAO Davao Today April Grace Mirasol observes that justice for Fr. Pops seems elusive, but she cannot understand why the investigators are yet unable to find all the perpetrators that she believes are not unknown to the authorities.

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Katribu partylist brings indigenous peoples’ voice anew in 2013 elections

BY DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “Historically, laws were used to displace us, that is why we also need to go into mainstream politics for us to be able to advance our rights,” says Katribu partylist first nominee Beverly Longid

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