Healthcare professionals warn vs. ‘biopiracy’

By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today “What we are trying to do is to encourage people to use what we have, to protect ourselves. Most of us hide what we are innovating. And by the time we make it public, someone had already patented it,” Dr. Warlito Vicente, chairperson of the Regional Health Research Development Consortium (RHRDC) warned.

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Family of anti-mining B’laan leader killed by military men

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Karapatan-Socsksargends, however, said Bravo was lying.  What happened, he said, was an attack by Philippine Army troops against hapless lumads who are opposed to the operation of foreign and large-scale mining SMI-Xstrata, in their ancestral land.

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3,000-strong group marks Fr. Pops’ first death anniversary, demand justice for fallen priest

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “After a year, justice still eludes for Fr. Pops.  His murder is emblematic of the continuing state of impunity under the PNoy administration” -- Atty. Carlos Isagani Zarate, Second Nominee, Bayan Muna

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One year Death Anniversary: Waiting in Vain

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “He’s a martyr because he lived a selfless life,” said United Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Modesto Villasanta.  He described Fr. Pops through Tagalog song’s lyrics: “walang sinuman ang nabubuhay para sa sarili lamang; walang sinuman ang namamatay para sa sarili lamang.”

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