Sto. Tomas mayoral bets bare political agenda
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
Two candidates for this town’s highest elective position presented their political agenda, hoping to win the people’s votes for the upcoming May 13 elections.
Mindanao lumads forge unity vs. environmental plunderers, rights violators
By GILBERT L. PACIFICAR
Davao Today
“We should emulate the life of our lumad heroes who died in the struggle for defending the ancestral domain.” -- Datu Monico Cayog, Kalumaran chairperson
Rainforestation brings hope to Pablo-stricken community
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“Maayo pa ang mga batan-on nakahuna-huna og repares aning bukid. Naghinaut ko nga daghan pang sama nila ang mohimo ani (I thank the youth for taking action to reforest our mountains. I hope more will do the same thing)," said Alice Lindasan, one of the residents, noting that nothing of this sort of help had been done to their community before.
Today’s View: The unwise leader
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
As a leader, one must know when to attack and when to surrender. A good leader must have principles which must not only to be morally upright, but knows what is right and must have the conviction to stand by it.
In Sto. Tomas, 422 teachers to serve as BEIs, support staff for May polls
By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today
“Out of the 422, only 220 will be the Board of Election Inspectors while the remaining 220 will serve as a support staff to BEIs,” Samsona said in an interview. The said teachers will be deployed to 24 polling precincts and 74 clustered precincts in the town.