Joan Soco, former Mutya ng Dabaw, encourages Davaoe?os to support the local music talents during "reggae night" on May 11. The date happens to be the death anniversary of Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley, the British-African reggae musician who brought "mainstream cultural acceptance of reggae music outside of Africa." Various local bands perform at the free concert to celebrate cancer prevention month. A reggae festival is slated around the world this year to "confirm the universality of reggae," according to Bob Marley's website. More photos.(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
On their way to Davao city, workers from the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte braved road inspections, 'surprise checkpoints' before they were able to join the Labor Day rally to express their demands for the P125 across-the-board wage increase, for government to bring down prices of basic commodities, including rice.
The 39th commemoration of Earth Day is an occasion for Mindanaoans and all patriotic Filipinos to call for the accountability of the Arroyo government and its big business partners for…
Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte defended the revised Local Development Plan for Children (LDPC) against objections raised by the Catholic Church to the city's reproductive health and safe pregnancy program. "God's policy is antiquated and it cannot help the people who are reeling from poverty," Duterte said during his weekly television program ?Gikan sa Masa para sa Masa.?