Media told: raise accountability in climate change reporting
Raising awareness, action and accountability of government on disaster response were stressed in a summit on climate change attended by some 100 journalists all over Mindanao.
Raising awareness, action and accountability of government on disaster response were stressed in a summit on climate change attended by some 100 journalists all over Mindanao.
Herminio Coloma Jr, secretary of the Presidential Communication Office, briefs journalists on government's actions on climate change during the 9th Mindanao Media Summit last April 25 which tackled the role of media in covering climate change. (Tyrone A. Velez/davaotoday.com)
FR. Daniel Mc Namara SJ, astro-geophysicist and dean of Ateneo de Davao University's College of Arts and Sciences, explains that climate change will bring both extreme storms and drought especially to Mindanao. This lecture was held at the 9th Mindanao Media Summit in Davao City on April 25 (Tyrone A. Velez/davaotoday.com)
The Missionaries of the Assumption (ma), administrator of the Assumption College of Davao, hosted a celebration with faculty, members of the alumni, and network of nuns, priests and non-government workers. Davao Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla and Davao City Archbishop Romulo Valles also joined the celebration.
The human rights group Karapatan here has blamed the deployment of several Philippine Army battalions in the Davao Region for evacuation and complaints of alleged harassment of villagers in the hinterlands.