JUSTICE FOR ROQUE
Militants picket outside the Commission on Human Rights-XI office in Davao City Monday as they slammed the AFP and demanded for justice for Roque Antivo, the child allegedly killed by…
Today’s View: A letter from an old friend in Batangas
By KRISTA V. MELGAREJO Davao Today How I wish I could visit Maricon in Batangas. But I wish more that she’ll be finally released. For now, I’m keeping her words deep inside my heart: “We will not stop until we break these bars and until victory and freedom is achieved.”
5.1 magnitude earthquake rocks PHL
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the 5.1.-magnitude earthquake was at 7.240°N, 124.941°E, 8 Kilometer NNW of Linao.
Sympathies pour from PHL to Boston bombing victims
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “A single innocent life lost to senseless act of terror anywhere in the world is an affront and an outrageous and atrocious assault on humanity’s collective dignity.” -- Carlos Zarate, second nominee of Bayan Muna Party
Military intel eyes NPA areas on elections
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Major General Ariel Bernardo, commanding officer of the 10th Infantry Division, says Monday the military “will be occupying conflict-affected areas,” or about 15 percent of his unit’s area of responsibility, which he calls “guerilla bases.” These are in the boundaries of Davao del Norte-Bukidnon, Davao del Norte-Agusan Sur and Compostela Valley-Davao Oriental.