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Petition against Con-As starts at Nograles? turf

Partylist Representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casi?o of Bayan Muna, Lisa Maza and Luz Ilagan of Gabriela?who all declared to run under the progressive political party Makabayan?said they launched the Atras Con-As (Back-off, Con-As) campaign in Davao City to challenge Nograles right in his bailiwick. It was Nograles who pushed for the passage of House Resolution 1109 which calls to convene members of both the Lower House and the Senate into a Constitutional Assembly to change the Philippine Constitution. Read on.

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A doctor?s death and the dying health system

Dr. Bong Pe?era. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) ? While more health workers chose to go abroad to look for greener pastures, Dr. Rogelio ?Bong? Pe?era, 45, opted to stay. But on June 24 this year, his killers took his life. His brother Carlos Pe?era said he learned from the neighbors that men aboard an L200 vehicle had been asking about Dr. Pe?era a few days before he was killed. Dr. Jean Lindo, a member of the doctors? group Rx for Peace, said that amidst the continuing migration of doctors out of the country, Pe?era?s death was a big loss. Read on.

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Davao media group calls Nograles a bully

Members of militant groups throwing tomatoes outside the office of House Speaker Nograles on June 10 to show their disgust at the Congress? moves for Charter change.(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

DAVAO CITY--Davao journalists called House Speaker Prospero Nograles a bully when he threatened one local TV station of libel after the network reported that militant groups threw tomatoes in front of his office. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao (NUJP-Davao) said Nograles is making an excuse to pass the Right of Reply Bill which media groups consider dangerous to press freedom. ?Speaker Prospero Nograles has unmasked himself as a bully,? said Jeffrey Tupas, secretary-general of NUJP-Davao. ?He had no qualms about brandishing the power of his high office to threaten journalists.? Read on.

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Opposition against Charter change kicks off in Davao

NO TO CHA-CHA. Gabriela Representative Luz Ilagan crosses the images of President Gloria Arroyo, House Speaker Prospero Nograles and the names of the 174 congressmen who supported the Cha-cha. Joining her are Davao City councilors Pilar Braga, Danny Dayanghirang and Angela Librado and members of progressive and religious groups.(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

DAVAO CITY? Groups opposed to Charter change urged the people of Davao to join the series of protests to express their outrage against the moves of Congress to change the Constitution. ?No one wants to talk about charter change at this time of hunger and landlessness,? said Representative Luzviminda Ilagan of the Gabriela Women?s Partylist, one of the convenors of People?s March. Ilagan said the passage of House Resolution 1109 is intended only for the political survival of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Read on.

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