When lumads find Kadayawan not a reason to celebrate
By KRISTA V. MELGAREJO Davao Today There will be the long bus ride again, the long walk back to their homes, where unlike the Kadayawan, a celebration for a harvest does not happen anymore.
NPA admits killing “paramilitary bandit leaders”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today From the statements e-mailed to the media, Communist rebels admitted killing Ansabu in Sitio Kiapat, Ganatay village in Arakan town; and Ogaw in Sitio Lumondao, Marilog village in Davao City.
Not a ‘peaceful’ demolition for Davao’s urban poor
By JOHN RIZLE L SALIGUMBA Davao Today “We couldn’t resist anymore. We were hoping that the city will help us and fight for us but we were proven wrong. Way before the demolition attempt last year though, the Mayor already told us that we lost the case and that we should self-demolish. She also never said she punched the sheriff to save us from being demolished, she was only there because she wanted the demolition to be peaceful.” -- Marlene Compacino, a resident of Soliman
Mining companies opposed by local gov’t can file cases in court under new EO
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today As Section 12 of EO 79 relegates to the courts what is supposed to be within the local government unit’s power to exercise authority, the Bayan leader asked, “Where will LGUs turn to if foreign and big mining corporations file cases against them?”
Children used as “guides” recount experience with the military
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today In a recent psycho-social activity facilitated by the children’s rights advocacy group Children’s Rehabilitation Center, the two boys narrated their experience during their four-hour walk with soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion.
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