Banana workers in Malalag, Davao del Sur, are reported to have forcibly occupied a Lapanday plantation over a land dispute….
In a feature story on Diwalwal, the gold-rush site in Southern Mindanao, Bloomberg News discusses the potential trouble that might…
DAVAO CITY — With the upcoming 2007 elections, the region’s youth and students are asking the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)…
Because this innovative approach of new politics has apparently gained popularity, it is loathed by the likes of Justice Secretary…
Amancio Carmelo, the secretary-general for Southern Mindanao of the progressive peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, survived an assassination attempt…
ELUSIVE JUSTICE. On Jan. 22, 1987, government security forces opened fire on farmers and peasants protesting at the historic Mendiola,…
In the wake of the signing earlier this month of an Asean Convention on Counter-Terrorism, the Arroyo administration has been…
MANILA — Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have become the country’s biggest source of dollars, and this has made…
If the accusation that the Arroyo administration was behind the bombings in Mindanao earlier this month turns out to be…
TAGUM CITY — Former Davao del Norte governor Rodolfo del Rosario, who is President Gloria Macapagal Arroyos adviser on New…