By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Suara’s Lidasan said that this is the time for the Moro people to be on their guard the most as the agreement could be used to further plunder natural resources in Moro areas, noting that several foreign multinational companies such as Unocal and Exxon Mobil were already given permits for oil exploration and extraction, prior to the signing of the agreement.
BY JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Asked of her assessment on these incidents, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said they treat bomb threat calls as “low level,” but still send EOD (Explosives and Ordnance Division) teams “to check and make sure it is cleared and safe.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today But for Bernard Viñan, secretary general of the Citizens Alliance Unified for Sectoral Empowerment in Davao del Sur, the province need not be put under “Comelec control” if only authorities are keen in dismantling private armies of known political families.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Father Peter Geremia, Justice for Pops Movement convenor, said that since the investigation begun, the process had been too slow which “granted the perpetrators and masterminds of the killing ample freedom.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “Nishioka was outfought all the way. He showed plenty of respect for Donaire’s power. It was just a matter of time he would fall, and it came in the sixth and ninth (rounds), a TKO (technical knockout) win for the Filipino Flash” -- Ram Maxey, Davao sports analyst