Duterte on surveys: If you don’t like me, I do not like you too
Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he is not affected by recent surveys which showed him behind Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe.
Members of the Mt. Apo Subregional Command take a formation before their main activity starts to commemorate their 47th year anniversary somewhere in Bukidnon. (Ace R. Mornadante/davaotoday.com)
47% more communists in a Mindanao region
Membership of the Communist Party of the Philippines in the central region in Mindanao rose by 47 percent this year, coinciding the 47th year of the CPP, the longest running Maoist revolution in Asia.
EFFECTING CHANGE. Lawyer Carlos Zarate, convener of the Alliance against Impunity, says impunity in the Philippines is a deeply entrenched system during Friday’s protest. He said, it will only change “through persistent public mobilization and pressure that will force politicians to take effective action and will spur an uprooting of our social system.” (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Former journalist condemns militia threat against media
A progressive partylist lawmaker strongly condemned the paramilitary group in Surigao del Sur after issuing threats against members of the media who are covering the anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines this Saturday.
Duterte, Cayetano declare 2015 as last Christmas for criminals,corrupt
Presidential and vice-presidential tandem Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano warned this year as the last Christmas for criminals and corrupt.
Militia group threatens media covering Reds’ anniv; NUJP calls threat ‘act of terrorism’
A paramilitary-group accused of killings and threatening indigenous peoples in Mindanao has allegedly issued a threat against members of the media who will be covering the anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Saturday.