The Communist Party of the Philippines demanded that President Rodrigo Duterte must end the military’s Oplan Bayanihan as the group marked the 100th day of the effectivity of the unilateral declaration for an interim ceasefire issued last Aug. 26 by the CPP Central Committee.
Various human rights groups scored the government for the death of a political prisoner who suffered a cardiac arrest.
Militant youth group League of Filipino Students condemned what they call the continued state fascism under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Korean government has officially opened its Honorary Consulate in Davao, saying the city has huge potential for further growth and increasing exchange between Davao City and Korea in various fields.
More than half of Filipinos said they expected their quality of life and better economy under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a survey by the Social Weather Stations.
Despite the heavy downpour of rain expected today, thousands of activists and Martial Law victims are expected to join the “Black Friday” protest action to denounce the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes’ Cemetery.
Former Davao Today photojournalist Ace Morandante won this year’s Globe Media Excellence Awards for Social Media Advocate of the Year.
Keep the flame burning and fight against impunity and journalist killings. This was the rallying call of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Davao City Chapter as the group commemorated Wednesday the seventh year of the Ampatuan Massacre.
A multisectoral anti-Marcos burial mass action will welcome President Rodrigo Duterte on Nov. 25, Friday upon his return from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting in Peru.
The surprise burial of late dictator and former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. on Friday, Nov. 18, has angered anti-Marcos groups, calling such move as an affront to democracy and insult to the victims of Martial Law.
