Duterte upsets former professor Joma Sison
The founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) expressed his disappointment over his erstwhile student and presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte’s views against labor unions.
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT Rodrigo Duterte says he will not attend the presidential debate in Cagayan de Oro City on February 21 if the local media will not be given a fair share in covering the event. (File photo)
Duterte to skip debate unless organizers fix rift with CDO press
Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte plans to pull a no-show in his first presidential debate on February 21 in Cagayan de Oro City if the issue of “discrimination” raised earlier by the local media would be left unsolved.
Manila media bias? CDO press to boycott presidential debate
Media practitioners in Cagayan de Oro will boycott the first presidential debate slated at the city’s Capitol University on February 21.
THREAT. An army trooper hidden in plain sight fires his gun as members of a Quick Reaction Team of the human rights group Karapatan-SMR is on its way to Sitio Post-4, Barangay Napnapan, in Pantukan, Compostela Valley on February 11 to probe the indiscriminate firing allegedly perpetrated by soldiers. (Photo from Karapatan)
Gunfires meet HR team probing Pantukan attacks
The team dispatched by Karapatan to unearth traces of alleged ‘indiscriminate’ military-led firings in Compostela Valley this week said it has become targets of the attacks itself.
EMOTIONAL. Eve Ensler, founder of One Billion Rising global campaign turns emotional after hearing the stories of the Lumad evacuees inside the evacuation center at a church compound in Davao City on Friday, February 12. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
US playwright moved to tears inside Davao City evacuation camp
American playwright and activist Eve Ensler learned so many things from her visit at the evacuation camp in a church compound here on Friday, February 12.