Human Rights

One year Death Anniversary: Waiting in Vain

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Oct 17, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

“He’s a martyr because he lived a selfless life,” said United Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Modesto Villasanta.  He described Fr. Pops through Tagalog song’s lyrics: “walang sinuman ang nabubuhay para sa sarili lamang; walang sinuman ang namamatay para sa sarili lamang.”

NUJP-Davao welcomes absentee voting for media

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Oct 12, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

“Usually, because of the nature of our work, we are assigned outside the place where we were registered. This is the reason why a lot of media workers cannot vote,” Jessie Casalda, the chairperson of NUJP-Davao, noted.

Gender mainstreaming in governance: An uphill fight for women

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Oct 12, 2012

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

Leah Emily Minoza, executive director of the Davao City-based Women’s Studies and Resource Center (WSRC) said Gender and Development (GAD) budget, which is supposed to be five percent of a local government unit’s allocation is even hardly implemented. Worse, it is mostly being used for purposes other than for gender programs.

Another community demolished pending negotiation

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Oct 11, 2012

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

Samera Amerkhan, a resident of Barangay North San Juan in Davao City’s Agdao District believes that they have a right to remain in their lot as they still have a pending case in the Court of Appeals. “Our lawyers asked (them) that we all wait for it.”

Peace group calls for military pull out in Paquibato district

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Oct 11, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

In a video presented during the briefing, the day-care teacher Mutya Acosta said the children are in constant fear due to the presence of the army in the barangay hall. She added that some children do not like to attend classes because they can see uniformed men with high-powered firearms roaming around.

NPA admits grenade blast in Paquibato

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Sep 07, 2012

BY JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

The NPA admitted they targeted the military detachment to “emasculate the enemy and wipe out its structure that has placed the lives and properties of the people in danger” but made a mistake “in considering the circumstances, combat intelligence and all pertinent operational information in instigating the action.”

Paquibato residents urge further probe on grenade blast

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Sep 06, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

One of the angles the residents asked the authorities to look into was the drinking-spree that took place inside the detachment from the afternoon until the evening of September 1. Nevertheless, the presence of the detachment in the center of the village and lying near a civilian facility was criticized by the residents of Fatima.

Children used as “guides” recount experience with the military

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Jul 30, 2012

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

In a recent psycho-social activity facilitated by the children’s rights advocacy group Children’s Rehabilitation Center, the two boys narrated their experience during their four-hour walk with soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion.