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.”
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Daughter saw activist father shot to death
Jay-jay, 12, saw a man pulling a gun against her father Marcelo Monterona last January 3. Her instinct was to throw a stone against her dad’s attacker, but as fear overwhelmed her, she scampered to get home.
TO THE APEX GATE. Hundreds of members of Indug Kautawan-Masalines -- an indigenous people’s group of typhoon Pablo victims in Masara village, Maco town, Compostela Valley -- storm the Apex Mining Company Monday as they blamed the large-scale mining company for the devastation against their homes and livelihood during the December calamity. They demanded PHP 6.9 Million payment for the damages and opposed the expansion of the company towards open-pit. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
BREAKING NEWS: Pablo survivor shot dead in Maco Comval
By Davao Today DAVAO CITY – Unidentified gunmen shot dead an officer of a Typhoon Pablo survivors group, known for its strong human rights and environmental advocacy. The human rights…
Privatization behind Daneco row, says Bayan Muna and consumer group
An electric consumers group in Davao del Norte disclosed that one of two rival managements to the electric cooperative here has been inviting an Aboitiz power company to buy into the cooperative.