By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA
Davao Today
“What we are trying to do is to encourage people to use what we have, to protect ourselves. Most of us hide what we are innovating. And by the time we make it public, someone had already patented it,” Dr. Warlito Vicente, chairperson of the Regional Health Research Development Consortium (RHRDC) warned.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Karapatan-Socsksargends, however, said Bravo was lying. What happened, he said, was an attack by Philippine Army troops against hapless lumads who are opposed to the operation of foreign and large-scale mining SMI-Xstrata, in their ancestral land.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Representative Tinio of Act-Teachers said he voted no to the appropriations because it “continues the decades’ long trend of prioritizing debt servicing over education, health and sanitation and other social services.”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“After a year, justice still eludes for Fr. Pops. His murder is emblematic of the continuing state of impunity under the PNoy administration” — Atty. Carlos Isagani Zarate, Second Nominee, Bayan Muna
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“He’s a martyr because he lived a selfless life,” said United Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Modesto Villasanta. He described Fr. Pops through Tagalog song’s lyrics: “walang sinuman ang nabubuhay para sa sarili lamang; walang sinuman ang namamatay para sa sarili lamang.”
By KENNETE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA
Davao Today
“It is my social responsibility as a filmmaker” — Brillante Mendoza, world-acclaimed indie film director
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Masipag said that when farming first became dependent on chemicals, synthetic and imported inputs that were institutionalized through the green revolution program in 1960s, the incidence of poverty and hunger steadily increased in the countryside, especially among the farmers.
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.
