For Immediate Release The Black & White Movement Contact: Vicente R. Romano III, 0920.961.5610 Leah Navarro. 0917.898.1857 29 November 2007…
PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao c/o Diakonia Center, IFI Compound, F. Torres St., Davao City; Contact telephone…
On Bonifacio Day, militants in Davao belonging to the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) offered flowers for the Philippine revolutionary leader, Andres Bonifacio. They charge President Gloria Arroyo for the worsening corruption, hunger and fascism in the country today, and vowed to continue to press for her ouster. (davaotoday. com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Liza Largoza Maza today led the filing of a resolution seeking to look into P14.1B C5…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today urged the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to order…
The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) today expressed its serious disappointment over the decision of Senate Committee on Finance Chair…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the recent waves of attacks on media in Somalia which have included…
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) condemns the imposition of the curfew by Pres. Gloria Arroyo as oppressive, unconstitutional…
Tortured. Luisito Bustamante shows the burns on his neck and marks of the metal chain on his his feet which were used by his captors to bind him. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
Luisito Bustamante, 22, admitted during a court hearing that he was a member of the Communist New Peoples Army (NPA). He told the court that not even his fingertips was touched when he was in military captivity, belying any possibility of torture. But an hour after the hearing, Luisito told a different story. He showed his mother and friends the burn marks on his neck and back, the scars on his ankles that had been, days before, tied with wires.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte suspected the 12-year-old Mariannet Amper could have been raped, based on the findings bared by the medico legal officer who conducted the autopsy. The mayor, who ordered the girls body exhumed five days after burial, said it was possible that rape could have driven the girl to kill herself. He also said that its also possible that someone could have killed her.
