Fire razes Davao Mental Hospital
By ACE R. MORANDANTE
Davao Today
With this incident, Vega said the psychiatric facility should be modernized as “this is the only public mental hospital in Mindanao.”
Communist guerillas sing the Internationale during the NPA anniversary celebration last March in Compostela Valley province. (davaotoday.com file photo by Ace R. Morandante)
NPA claims raid, ambush in Southern Philippines
By DAVAO TODAY
Sanchez said the raid in Tagum City as well as the ambush of government troops in both Tagum and Mawab town “is in line with the call of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines to intensify tactical offensives in order to seize more weapons and create more units of the People’s Army.”
UP’s new Student Regent to focus on peace talks
By EDGIE FRANCIS B. UYANGUREN
Davao Today
“Gusto kong malaman ng UP students ang peace talks. Bakit kailangan nilang makialam.” -- Krista Melgarejo, UP’s 31st Student Regent
DCPO, TFD back to “normal mode” after Davao elections
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Senior Superintendent Ronald dela Rosa, DCPO chief, said they will go back to their activities and campaigns concerning crime and public safety after a “very peaceful” local polls.
Today’s View: Merchants of deceit
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
The campaign is reduced to a purely ego-tripping affair, making use of advertising and marketing strategies designed for winning the contest at all costs. It is not a venue for informing and mobilizing the people for a discernment of particular social illnesses which have been there for so long.