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MILF says government could not be trusted

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

"The peace agreement is dead as far as the government is concerned but the MILF will continue to assert it. If we can't assert it in the national level, then, we're going to assert it internationally," said the MILF's Mohagher Iqbal, vowing to elevate the MILF position to the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

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Former logging community in Compostela wary of soldiers in the area

By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today

Sitio Valma of Barangay Ngan in the municipality of Compostela used to be a thriving logging community in the 1970s up to the 1990s. When the company's timber logging agreement (TLA) expired, Consuelo Valderrama, its owner, chose not to renew the contract, signalling the death of the boom town.

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Davao drivers and operators demand the scrapping of VAT on oil

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today

According to the Transport of Southern Mindanao for Solidarity, Independence and Nationalism (Transmision) computations, a driver who consumes an average of 30 liters per day loses 747.30 pesos in his day's income compared to the 2005 level. The one-peso fare hike allows the driver to recover 250 pesos of this lost income, if he maintains the average number of passengers in a day. But he still has to contend with the 497.30 pesos deficit.

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