A woman’s place in the Blaan’s struggle for land

By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today She was not simply the wife of an indigenous anti-mining activist. Juvy Capion, the woman killed in what is now called the Tampakan massacre, was a farmer, mother of four, and leader of the Blaan community.

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Justice grinds slow for Fr. Pops in the eyes of the young

By RG PALUA GUMANAO Davao Today April Grace Mirasol observes that justice for Fr. Pops seems elusive, but she cannot understand why the investigators are yet unable to find all the perpetrators that she believes are not unknown to the authorities.

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Two female students raped in Kabacan boarding house

By Danilda L. Fusilero DAVAO TODAY The notorious rape of one university student involving the kin of influencial Montawal clan in adjacent Datu Montawal municipality in Maguindanao also took place in one lodging house in Kabacan in 2008. 

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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Davao City Councilor Leah Librado-Yap says raising and disciplining children is a social responsibility of parents, the community and the government. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

City tackles proposal for an ordinance banning corporal punishment

By MICK M. BASA

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