Davao Girl with Heart Ailment Needs Help
Addie Beatrix Velasco, a four-year-old girl from Davao City, has a rare congenital heart disease. Her parents, who both work at the control tower of the Davao International Airport, cannot…
The Ritual at Tudaya Falls
Click on the image to view Cheryll D. Fiel’s pictures of the ritual.
A giant power company plans to build a hydroelectric plant in Tudaya, a village in Davao del Sur. Proponents of the project said the plant would “not only offer solution to the power crisis in the offing, but at the same time provide livelihood opportunities and other benefits to the communities.” The Lumads in the area, however, are up in arms, claiming that the plant would desecrate Tudaya Falls, which is their worship ground, and destroy their way of life. They also accuse Hedcor, the power company, of misleading members of the tribe. They expressed their opposition to the project by holding a sacred ritual last week. Davao Today?s Cheryll D. Fiel was there.
‘Huling Baylan ng Buhi’
“Huling Baylan ng Buhi,” a digital film by independent Davao filmmaker Sherad Anthony Sanchez, won four major awards at the recent Cinema One Originals competition in Manila. Here are pictures of the awards ceremony, courtesy of Dr. Jelieta Ruca, one of the members of the cast.
Tausug Artists Hit Davao NGO for Abuse, Serving Them Non-Halal Food
A group of Tausug artists from Sulu have accused a prominent Davao-based nongovernment group abuse, among them serving them food that was not halal, according to this Sun.Star Davao report.…
Peasant Group Warns of More Chemical Poisoning in Davao Due to JPEPA
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, in a statement issued today, warned that more chemical poisoning -- such as the one that happened in the Tadeco banana plantation last Wednesday --…
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