Photos by Barry Ohaylan, Keith Bacongco, Karlos Manlupig and CJ Kuizon Kadayawan festival, which runs from August 17 to 23,…
Vice-mayor Sara Duterte. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan) Angela Librado-Trinidad, first district councilor, hits one of the 24 gongs at…
By CJ KUIZON
In one of their stories of long ago, the Mansaka, an indigenous tribe from the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley, once possessed a golden guitar, which they played when they sang their songs of longing, aspirations and victory.
WE OBJECT. This photo exhibit at Terazza Milesa building on Anda street shows the increasing number of victims of political killings in Southern Mindanao. The exhibit opens during the launching of ‘We OBject movement’ by progressive groups following the expose of the military’s order of battle this year. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
PANATA 2010. Kabataan partylist leads the launching of Panata 2010 (pledge 2010), a nationwide campaign to convince young people to register for the upcoming May elections. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DAVAO CITY — A European Union (EU) envoy urged both the government and armed insurgent groups to look for more options to get the stalled peace negotiations back on track.
“It (peace negotiations) didn’t work, so far; so, they need to do more,” said Johan Snijckers, deputy head of contracts and finance of the European Commission delegation to the Philippines. “We think that parties have made quite some effort.”
Snijckers, who was in Davao for the culmination of the EU-funded project Action Repair, said that both parties need to get together again to see what the options are; and, if possible, explore new ones. Read on
Fact-finding missions, investigations and ceasefire monitoring reports showed that the Philippine Marines raid in July 2007 turned out to be a violation of the GRP-MILF ceasefire agreement. The area in Albarka was a base camp of the 114th MILF-BIAF led by Asid Salih.
WestminCom Chief Dolorfino identified the same Asid Salih as one of the slain Abu Sayyaf in the recent Task Force Trillium raid in the town of Tipo-Tipo. Read Amirah Ali Lidasan, the national president of Suara Bangsamoro.
PANATA 2010. Kabataan partylist leads the launching of Panata 2010 (pledge 2010), a nationwide campaign to convince young people to register for the upcoming May elections. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DURIAN FESTIVAL. Tagum City installs a giant replica of durian at the Rotary Park Open-Space as part of the citys Durian Festival that will run from August 28 until September 6. (contributed photo)
STOP THE POLITICAL KILLINGS. Families of slain political activists in Southern Mindanao join progressive groups in a picket in front of the 10th Infantry Division Headquarters at Camp Panacan, Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
