DAVAO CITY

Farmers score gov’t for failed mediation

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Sep 26, 2012

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

“Gibinu-angan lang mi sa gobyerno,  wala man diay para sa amoa (The government is not taking us seriously, nothing has been intended for us all along)” — Lilia Gicana, 54, CARP beneficiary

P311 million budget for teachers’ yearly medical check-up sought

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Sep 26, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

Pursuant to the mandate, Section 22 of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers or Republic Act 4670 provides for compulsory medical examination “free of charge for all teachers before they take up teaching, and shall be repeated not less than once a year during the teacher’s professional life.”

Rare spring falls in Cotabato declared a tourism site

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Sep 24, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

Unlike most other waterfalls, not a river or any body of water exists above it. The water simply gushes out from rock formations in a cliff at the edge of a hill. A great portion of the cliff is covered with grasses resembling large green curtains.

War, agrarian projects force lumads to struggle for ancestral land

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Sep 24, 2012

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

Indigenous tribes were displaced from their community in the government’s counter-insurgency programs that unleashed paramilitary groups in the hinterlands. When they returned to their lands, they found that settlers have applied their ancestral land for agrarian reform program and forestry projects.

‘Better’ cable TV announced

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Sep 21, 2012

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

Channel assignments are now grouped in genres ranging from local, kids, education, sports, movies, news, entertainment, high-definition, international and religious.

Recipients of NDF indemnification call gesture as ‘sincere’

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Sep 20, 2012

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

“I thank the NPA that even though I only sprained my ankle when we ran for safety after the blast, they still included me in the indemnification.  And I thank them for admitting responsibility.  They truly are sincere,” said Primitiva Dadula, 56.