Human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao expresses deep concern over the fate of the two children who were hurt during the…
Two prisoners of war (POWs) are recently held by a unit of the Conrado Heredia Command-Front 20 Operations Command of…
Karapatan-Southern Mindanao said that military operations in the boundary towns of Baganga, Davao Oriental, New Bataan and Compostela, Compostela Valley…
“On top of the food crisis suffered more severely by the impoverished farmers, militarization is making life much harsher for…
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today
Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte defended the revised Local Development Plan for Children (LDPC) against objections raised by the Catholic Church to the city’s reproductive health and safe pregnancy program. “God’s policy is antiquated and it cannot help the people who are reeling from poverty,” Duterte said during his weekly television program Gikan sa Masa para sa Masa.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
For a country in the tropics surrounded by a belt of the world’s most active volcanoes and regularly visited by typhoons, the need for stories that deal with disasters – how to avoid them and manage the risks – becomes more compelling. Unfortunately, in a country so prone to disasters and yet so lacking in mechanisms to prevent its adverse effects, there is a dearth of such stories.
TUCKED-IN. Using a piece of cloth slung to their bodies, lumad women swaddle their young ones, tucking them close to their bodies as they walk. Ata-Manobo women and children are among those displaced by the relentless military operations in Talaingod. Many of the residents were accused of being guerrillas. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
Angelic Hernandez still grieves over the loss of her eldest sister, Benjaline Hernandez, who was killed by the Cafgu and…
Public Trust Media Group, publisher of Newsbreak, and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), are inviting interested students to…
