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Read more about the article Risks of dengue rising in rainy months
ANTI-DENGUE CAMPAIGN. Engineer Antonietta Ebol (left), Dengue Program manager of the Department of Health, says they are reviving the 4 o’clock habit both in public schools and government offices during the Kapehan sa SM, Monday in Davao City. The campaign which heightens during the rainy season involves class and work stoppage at 4 PM to look for possible breeding sites of dengue-carrying mosquitos and destroying these by cleaning up. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Risks of dengue rising in rainy months

by Davao Today With the rainy months here, the risk of dengue is on the rise. While the public was advised to continue practicing defense measures such as putting up…

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Read more about the article Today’s View : A Churchman’s Exhortations

Today’s View : A Churchman’s Exhortations

The venerable Churchman talks of selfishness and greed among capitalists. What about the politicians’ greed for power and wealth? Ha-ha. They are identical twins. It’s hard to distinguish between who is greedier and who is more selfish. Sometimes you are tempted to lump them into the same “genetic” tribe. Are they?

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Read more about the article Students want pork rechanneled to state universities

Students want pork rechanneled to state universities

“We want our money back. Re-channel the money to government agencies since the sole task of the legislative body of the government is just to create laws and we don’t need to transfer our addresses to the other districts just to win a scholarship from a congressman.” said Mariel Moralde, spokesperson of Anakbayan.

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Read more about the article “It can happen to any of us” says “convicted” editor
SunStar Davao editor-in-chief Stella Estremera

“It can happen to any of us” says “convicted” editor

“It can happen to any of us. Even because of a mere police story. As long as someone wants to silence you.” So says multi-awarded journalist and editor-in-chief Stella Estremera after a trial court found her and former publisher Antonio Ajero guilty of libel for publishing an alleged one-sided news article 10 years ago.

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NPA says ‘bacteria, poison’ found in AFP, not in landmines

(NPA's Rigoberto) But Sanchez said the military’s statement is “pure invention” saying that the NPA only used “guerrilla warfare weapons, such as but not limited to, command-detonated explosives made up of traditional, non-biologically toxic ingredients.”

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