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Read more about the article Gabriela wants probe on terrorist-tagging, arrest of volunteer in Mindanao
INQUIRY. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas sa?ys? she along with tother members of Makabayan Coalition in ?C?ongress will be filing a resolution calling for an inquiry on the alleged human rights violations committed by the military in Baranggay Dominga, Calinan in Davao City. Brosas made the pronouncement in a press conference at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City on Monday, May 21. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Gabriela wants probe on terrorist-tagging, arrest of volunteer in Mindanao

Gabriela Women’s Party on Monday filed House Resolution No. 1970 seeking for a congressional inquiry on the arrest and detention of its volunteer worker in Butuan City.

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Read more about the article Davao-Bukidnon agreement to be signed in Watershed Summit
Atty. Mark Peñalver, Policy Advocacy Specialist of the Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) (davaotoday.com file photo)

Davao-Bukidnon agreement to be signed in Watershed Summit

The 6th Watershed Stakeholders Summit on June 28, 2018 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel will forge the collaboration between the Province of Bukidnon and City of Davao in protecting and managing the Davao River Basin, as one of the 17 major river basins in the country.

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Read more about the article Datu Guibang is Manobos’ beacon of struggle
Man on the Run. Datu Guibang Apoga, shown here in an interview with Davao Today in the mountains of Talaingod in 2006, promises to keep fighting for his dispossessed people. (davaotoday.com photo)

Datu Guibang is Manobos’ beacon of struggle

It was in 1994 when Datu Tungig Mansumuy-at started to witness how its leader Datu Guibang Apoga, showed his strength of character to lead the Ata-Manobo tribe in the hinterlands of Talaingod to fight back in defense of Pantaron Range, the tribe's frontier homeland.

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Read more about the article Closed fishing season to offer uncertain results
FISHERFOLK. Two fishermen tend their boat on the coast of a fishing village near Sta. Ana Port in Davao City on Wednesday, April 12. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Closed fishing season to offer uncertain results

Despite the ongoing implementation of the closed fishing season along the Davao Gulf, global warming, and climate change could potentially decrease the production of the fishing industry in the region.

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Read more about the article Proposed amendments to Human Security Act violates human rights – progressive groups
Photo taken from Koalisyong Makabayan's Facebook page

Proposed amendments to Human Security Act violates human rights – progressive groups

The proposed amendments to the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007 is tantamount to “undeclared but legislated” nationwide martial law, Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago warned on Monday as she denounced the Duterte administration’s “draconian and over-broad counterinsurgency legislation.”

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