By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Poverty is the main reason why children are driven away from their homes and wander in the streets” -- Alma Acera, advocacy officer, Tambayan Center for Children’s Rights
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “What De Lima has reported to US Congressmen is an utter distortion and denial of the country’s human rights situation”-- Hanimay Suazo, secretary general, Karapatan in Southern Mindanao
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Gusto gid niya mag-uma (He really loved to farm)” -- Fr. Peter Geremia, PIME
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “Gibinu-angan lang mi sa gobyerno, wala man diay para sa amoa (The government is not taking us seriously, nothing has been intended for us all along)” -- Lilia Gicana, 54, CARP beneficiary
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Pursuant to the mandate, Section 22 of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers or Republic Act 4670 provides for compulsory medical examination “free of charge for all teachers before they take up teaching, and shall be repeated not less than once a year during the teacher's professional life.”