PHOTO ESSAY From the towns of Baganga, Cateel and Boston in Davao Oriental, more than 200 Mandaya farmers walked the five-kilometer distance from the downtown area of Mati, the province’s capital, to Barangay Dahikan, the seat of legislative power, to criticize the military for the alleged human rights abuses in their villages.
Students, faculty, administration and staff of the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) light a candle on Friday, February 22, demanding public accountability and declaring their unity with the Filipino people in the fight against corruption. The Ateneo appeals for the transformation of various groups into “prophetic communities and communal whistleblowers” in the midst of the $330 million NBN deal. Click here for more pictures. Read the story. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
INITIATIVE. After almost a year of waiting, Davaoeos are relieved to see that construction works of the Governor Generoso I in Bankerohan. Earlier, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte already gave up on finding funds for the P300 million bridge repair, supposed to be a project of the national government. When Duterte’s political rival, Davao Rep. Prospero Nograles, assumed his post as the new House Speaker, signboards are installed in the project site, saying that the P206.64 million project, made possible through the initiative of the new House Speaker, will be finished on August 14 this year. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
Despite the drizzle, some 200 people await the arrival of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for over an hour near Gov. Generoso I bridge in Bankerohan. The President barely stays five minutes before leaving for the gathering of town mayors at Grand Regal Hotel. (davaotoday.com photo by Marilou M. Aguirre)
Anti-US Sentiment. Evelyn Carias, Moro community leader, speaks before the crowd of around 1,000 activists who marched around the major streets of Davao City on Feb. 18 to protest the holding of joint RP-US military exercises in key areas in Mindanao. The protesters also condemned the alleged involvement of US troops in the alleged massacre of Muslim civilians in Sulu last Feb. 4. They also called for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
A couple savoring moments together at Davao city’s new People’s Park. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
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Members of the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) fear that the barangay ID system already in place…