DAVAO CITY

The old PTA grounds have been transformed into the People’s Park where Davaoenos can enjoy not just the holidays. Read the story here. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan)

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he is going to seek executive pardon for Alexander “Lex” Adonis, the Davao broadcaster jailed for libel for reporting on the “Burlesque King” scandal, involving Duterte’s political rival, first district Congressman Prospero Nograles.

After seven years of patiently enduring the legal action brought against them by the Lapanday Agricultural and Development Corporation (Ladeco),…

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

Finally signed by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on November 15 this year, the Shelter Code is supposed to address the growing homelessness in the city. Non-government organizations consider the new ordinance a triumph. But what does this new law promise a city, where an estimated half a million people are homeless?

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said that Congressman Prospero Nograles should have acted earlier with regards to the help and assistance…

By Rep. Luz C. Ilagan Gabriela Women’s Party Privileged speech, December 11, 2007 Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a…

Davao City � City councilor and Council for the Welfare of Children Davao City chairperson Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad urged here…

Militant groups in Davao City hit the streets in commemoration of the 59th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10. More photos here. (Photo by Keith Bacongco/AKP Images)

If media persons in Manila are raising a howl for being detained for hours without committing a crime, imagine how hard it would be for one to be sentenced to about six years in prison just because one could not afford a lawyer.