Floods worsen, hit Tagum & Montevista
by MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY – Floods worsened in Davao del Norte Sunday even as rains have stopped, as 639 families or 3,090 persons from 13 barangays…
Thousands flee as Davao del Norte rivers swell from rains
by MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today TAGUM CITY – Heavy rains brought by the low pressure area affecting Mindanao has caused rivers to swell in Davao del Norte and Compostela…
LES MISÉRABLES. Sheena Duazo, spokesperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao, says the incessant increase in the prices of basic goods and services, burgeoning taxes, wage freeze, foreign plunder and human right abuses, among others under the Aquino government have made the lives of ordinary Filipinos more miserable. Militants held a rally along Davao City’s San Pedro Street, February 6. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Bayan spokesperson bares threat
The spokesperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) took to the media to make public the threats she has been receiving from a man claiming to be a “government national security consultant” of an organization working for the government.
Duterte’s new war is on rice smugglers
Tough-talking Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has carried one stern message all throughout his mayoral tenure to criminals and syndicates: get out of the city or get killed.
Protests vs. SSS, Philhealth premium hikes
Workers and members of militant groups threw tomatoes at the Social Security System and PhilHealth offices here to condemn the government’s recent round of premium hikes that they said add to the “increasing list of New Year miseries.”