Davao’s booming BPO jobs have few takers, high stress

The business processing outsourcing (BPO) industry here is expected to generate some 37,000 jobs in Davao City in the next two years. But while industry leaders here admit to difficulty in meeting this demand, some sectors want more protection of workers' rights.

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Datu Suminggil, a Manabo lumad (indigenous people) leader in Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte, calls for pullout of Army troops from their area.

Rights group slams abuses in Davnor town

Human rights group Karapatan lambasted a military general for “sowing Palparan-style terror” in Kapalong town.

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Mayor Rodrigo Duterte retorts to Commission on Human Rights Chief Etta Rosales saying she was a bad example when the latter called him a bad influence to Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista who recently slapped an alleged Chinese drug dealer.

Davao leaders say P-Noy term extension “hogwash”, “creeping dictatorship”

"Hogwash" was how Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte described plans by the administration to tinker with the Constitution to extend President Benigno Aquino III's term of office.

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