Unsolved killings alarm Muslims, Christians By Concerned Information News Service/MMNS (August 15, 1987 News Digest Volume 1, August 1987-July 1988…
Two church health workers arrested By Media Mindanao News Service (August 15, 1987 News Digest Volume 1, August 1987-July 1988…
Manufacturing consent By Luis Teodoro Business World Posted by Davao Today Walter Lippmann, who was the most respected figure in…
DAVAO CITY — The office of the second congressional district of Davao City has earmarked over four million pesos for…
DAVAO CITY — Militant youth and students stormed the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) regional office during the first day…
TAGUM, DAVAO DEL NORTE — Fresh college graduates who have yet to sustain their board exam review classes, to buy…
Members of Anakbayan, a progressive youth organization advancing struggles for national democracy, commemorated the 111th Philippine Independence Day with a…
Unidentified gunmen fired several shots at the offices of Bangued-based Catholic-run newspaper Abra Today, and its radio affiliates DZPA and…
Dr. Rogelio Bong Peera, head of the Department of Health (DOH) epidemiological research and surveillance unit tasked to monitor and address the A (H1N1) flu cases in the region, was killed in his car while going home. He was active in political campaigns that sought governments attention to the sordid state of the countrys health care delivery.
Piera was also a member of the groups Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), the Rx for Peace and the Health People United for the Removal of Gloria (Purga), a group of medical practitioners and health workers calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Read on.
Members of militant groups throwing tomatoes outside the office of House Speaker Nograles on June 10 to show their disgust at the Congress moves for Charter change.(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DAVAO CITY–Davao journalists called House Speaker Prospero Nograles a bully when he threatened one local TV station of libel after the network reported that militant groups threw tomatoes in front of his office.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao (NUJP-Davao) said Nograles is making an excuse to pass the Right of Reply Bill which media groups consider dangerous to press freedom.
Speaker Prospero Nograles has unmasked himself as a bully, said Jeffrey Tupas, secretary-general of NUJP-Davao. He had no qualms about brandishing the power of his high office to threaten journalists. Read on.
