Militant Lumad leader Dolphing Ogan criticized top officials of Kapalong town, Davao del Norte for blocking the entry of delegates of National Interfaith Mission last week.(Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
PASAKA Southern Mindanao spokesperson Isidro Indao accused the Army’s 60th Infantry Battalion as behind the throwing of spikes against a contingent of visiting human rights advocates in sitio Kapatagan, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte. Indao said indigenous peoples only use bamboo spikes or bagacay weapon for hunting or for their tribal wars. (Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
The removal of Davao City Police Director Senior Superintendent Vicente D. Danao, Jr. in the wake of complaints of physical assault by his wife was not what women’s group Gabriela want.
Our journey towards a sustainable agriculture remains to be a long and winding road as we are still confronted with landlessness and capitalist opportunism in the agriculture sector. Don’t get me wrong; despite its inadequacies and tendencies to favor the rich farmers and landlords, the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 is a milestone in our quest for a sustainable agriculture.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte gives this advice to Davao City Police Chief VIcente Danao who was relieved from office in the wake of domestic abuse charges filed by his wife. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Hundreds of Dabawenyos file names as they wait in line to get the regular ration of rice from the Davao City government. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
On this day, on this very hour, I am nursing an aching wound in my soul. I am sad and unusually depressed. My mind wanders to that long long night of terror in our land. . .to that nightmare in history called Martial Law! And it makes me sick. I open the Youtube, hoping to find solace. And I come upon Joey Ayala and his song “Wala Nang Tao sa Sta Filomena”. And the song summons living memories that weigh me down even more. Until I feel my soul in my eyes.
If there’s ever a cultural phenomenon that has pervaded Philippine society in all its layers and dimensions, it is “consumerism”. It has conquered and enslaved the Filipino psyche like some kind of addiction. It constitutes a large share of the Filipino culture.
The human rights group Karapatan aborted late today a probe mission heading towards a reported “militarized” village in this interior town.
A Moro National Liberation Front faction said it is unlikely to follow the ways of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) because of the latter’s “radical” view of Islam.
