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.
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate
Partylist not spared from trapo politics
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
“Sadly, personality politics is still at play in the partylist contest. The system even goes to the extent that winnability hinges on traditional politicians’ endorsement and money.” -- Carlos Isagani Zarate, Davao-based human rights lawyer and Bayan Muna second nominee
Groups score K+12 Law as “wrong pill” for education woes
By DAVAO TODAY
Parents, students and teachers have long been complaining of the yearly shortages in textbooks, classroom and teachers. The budget on education has also been seen as the major problem as it’s deemed “insufficient.”