Alert up for Chinese products sold in Davao


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By TYRONE A. VELEZ | Davao Today

Health authorities, however, do not have a list of the 180 food companies in mainland China that Beijing closed down recently, after determining that products from these companies were contaminated. "There was no list provided of the closed establishments and their products, so we cannot pinpoint which particular products we are going after," an official said.

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Signature drive for Fr. Bossi


Davao residents join a signature drive calling for the release of kidnapped Italian priest Fr. Giancarlo Bossi at the NCCC mall in Davao City. The 57-year-old missionary from Milan, Italy, was kidnapped by gunmen on June 10 in Zamboanga Sibugay province. Rome-based artist Tomas Concepcion returned to the Philippines on Thursday with his latest masterpiece meant for a unique cause: to bring together Muslims and Christians toward the common call for the release of Bossi. Along with the signature campaign is the exhibit of Concepcion's paintings at the ground of the mall. (Photo by Keith Bacongco)

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Davao director triumphs in France film festival

Sherad Anthony Sanchez, a young filmmaker from Davao City, has won the "First Film" award at the 18th Festival International du Documentaire de Marseille in France for his film Huling Balyan ng Buhi: O Ang Sinalirap Nga Asoy Nila. Another Filipino, Raya Martin, won a "special mention" for the film Autohystoria. Only 21, Sanchez has won other accolades for his first film.

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Protests mount vs anti-terrorism law


Activists led by Bayan and its allied groups have been mounting protest actions against the Human Security Act, the Philippines's anti-terrorism law that is set to take effect tomorrow, July 15. Critics said the law is the most repressive piece of legislation ever crafted by the Philippine congress. (Photo by Arkibong Bayan, www.arkibongbayan.org)

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Free at last


Following the Supreme Court decision this week junking with finality the rebellion charge against him and five other colleagues, Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran walks out of the hospital where he had been imprisoned for 16 months. Beltran's arrest and incarceration has drawn widespread condemnation here and abroad. (Photo by Arkibong Bayan, www.arkibongbayan.org)

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