The human-rights group Karapatan in Southern Mindanao condemned today the killing of another municipal and peasant leader of Anakpawis, who was shot dead in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Province, on July 7.
DAVAO CITY — SEEING the potential of the cacao industry of San Isidro, Davao del Norte, the regional offices of…
Jojie Alcantara
The prestigious international magazine Digital Photographer Philippines (DPP) launched a partnership with Sony Ericsson and Seair to fly five photographers to select destinations in the Philippines and provide them with a photographic challenge and adventure. A photographer from Davao, Jojie Alcantara, is one of them.
The Department of Trade and Industry seems to be suggesting that it�s about time the popular clich� �an apple a day keeps the doctors away� be changed to �a banana a day keeps the doctors away.� Nelly Esperanza, DTI Davao del Norte chief for consumer welfare and trade regulation, the department will be launching on July 17 banana chips as a health food.
CITY OF MATI, Philippines � The young daughter of then Mati mayor Luis G. Rabat and now the first city…
MANILA — The Philippine government is putting in place intervention measures for the palay sector to boost production to 19.058…
MANILA — Anti-Terrorism Task Force (ATTF) spokesman Ricardo Blancaflor on Sunday allayed fears over the implementation of the Human Security…
MANILA — The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is “confident that it will succeed” in addressing the revenue-generation shortfall recorded…
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | davaotoday.com
Newly elected Davao City councilor Karlo Bello, who was recently selected as the chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Civil, Political and Human Rights, has expressed reservations about the Human Security Act, saying it might result in more human-rights abuses. “The same people who are already committing human-rights violations could be given authority to commit the same acts,” he said.
Command responsibility: Can President Arroyo evade it?
