The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao, in a statement sent to the media on Monday, said it will release a soldier it captured during an ambush last Aug. 10 in Monkayo town, Compostela Valley province. The soldier, it said, will be freed because he had not committed “crimes against the people.”
In this Kadayawan season, fruits such as these mangosteen being sold in the streets, are abundant, not to mention cheap, in Davao City. These are sold at 35 pesos per kilo when on regular days, they cost a hundred a kilo. (Davao Today photo by Cheryll D. Fiel) Click for a slideshow of the Kadayawan opening ceremonies.
Tribal women perform during the opening ceremonies of the Kadayawan Festival last week. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez) Click here for more Kadayawan pictures.
By TYRONE A. VELEZ and CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
As the city announced a shift in the way the annual Kadayawan Festival is celebrated — that is, for one, showcasing Lumad culture and tradition not for tourism’s sake — tribal leaders remain concerned that the festivities hardly depict the struggle of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples to pursue their unique way of life and retain control of their ancestral lands, which have been encroached into by big mining companies and plantations.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s office will get the biggest chunk — 190 million — of the nearly half a billion supplemental budget, which was passed Tuesday on second reading by the City Council. Much of it (180 million) will go to his “peace and order program.” He also gets to spend an additional 10 million for doleouts to the city’s indigents. On the other hand, the City Social Services and Development Office gets 322,000 pesos.
BREAKING NEWS | Six people were killed during landslides triggered by heavy rains near Mount Diwalwal in Maco, Compostela Valley province, officials said on Monday. A Reuters report quoted an official as also saying that one of the victims was a toddler and that three more people are believed to be still alive and trapped in the mud.
DAVAO CITY — A small and medium enterprise (SME) in Davao Oriental outwitted the other participants of the 2nd Yamang…
COMMENTARY | By Amirah Ali Lidasan
Who committed the beheading and why did the perpetrators commit such act is a very controversial and sensitive issue that should have been responded to with discretion rather than warmongering. For weeks, it is as if every Muslim has to answer for it.
Alex Tuazon, president of NAMAFIL-NAFLU-KMU, said their victory was a testament to the workers’ discontent over the two “yellow unions” or management unions. “The landslide victory was also a statement to the management that we are ready to strengthen our ranks to protect our economic and democratic rights.”
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has proven again how she would take extra miles to perpetuate her regime in power. The midnight railroading…
