Two vendors watch news of the Middle East conflict through this improvised cable television machine which runs for 15 to 30 minutes for a rate of five to fifteen pesos, a device similar to the piso-piso internet machines. (Tyrone A. Velez/davaotoday.com)
Moro advocates are wary that the Aquino administration is watering down provisions regarding Moro autonomy in the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)--and being secretive about it.
Rights advocates called it a double standard when local officials slammed a Manila-based comedian for joking in public that Davaoenas were “hipon (shrimps).”
Was the video showing Davao City Police Director Vicente Danao slapping his wife in a quarrel a private matter?
As Palparan now faces trial for kidnapping and serious detention, more cases such as those in Mindanao would show how his bloody legacy in Luzon has also cast a long shadow in the country.