Marklen Lariosa calls on the government to surface his father, KMU labor organizer William Lariosa, during a rally on the first anniversary of his father’s disappearance. The 63-year old organizer was reportedly taken by the Philippine Army in Quezon, Bukidnon. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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In front of her father’s colleagues and human rights advocates on the first anniversary of the disappearance of union organizer William Lariosa, his daughter twenty-year old Yasmin spoke about pride and pain.
The news community mourns the death of Julie Alipala, journalist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer known for her conflict reporting and press freedom advocacy, who died of complications from endometrial cancer on Thursday April 3 in Zamboanga City.
Two days before the start of the local election campaign, candidates signed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Davao Region their pledge for a clean conduct of their campaigning. The Dutertes, though, were notably absent.
The newly installed Indigenous People’s Mandatory Representative (IPMR) of Davao’s Sangguniang Panlungsod begins his term with plans of funding cultural development of the indigenous communities as well as their empowerment to protect the city’s watershed.
The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) cautioned the public against counterfeit anti-rabies vaccines as rabies cases is rising in Davao region.
Allegations of the Dutertes’ rivals using “ayuda” distribution for campaigning has become a hot topic in the city.
The law community in Mindanao condemns the ambush that led to the death of lawyer Junisa Kimamao and the hospitalization of her fiance, lawyer Ibrahim Pendatu in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte.
The student publication of Ateneo de Davao University, Atenews, was the subject of online attacks coming mostly from the school’s alumni when it posted a joint statement with four other Ateneo university publications in support of the arrest and trial of former President Rodrigo Duterte in the International Criminal Court.
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—While Davao City officials staged protests on Tuesday over the arrest of former city mayor and former President…