“TIME IS RIPE FOR PROTEST”

Stella Estremera (right), SunStar Davao editor-in-chief discussed the effect of the libel conviction on her during Friday’s Davao vs. Libel roundtable talk at Ateneo de Davao University. She said the decision comes near the time of media freedom day on November. “I am now in a position to make it small or big...the time is ripe for protest," Estremera said. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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CONSTRUCTION’S MULTIPLIER EFFECT

As the fourth PhilConstruct Mindanao convention opened here Thursday, its chair Ramon Allado said Davao is leading the Mindanao construction industry, which could possibly draw close to half a million workers and a 15-times multiplier in income for the local economy. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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STUDENTS ACT VS PORK

UP Mindanao Student Government President Malaya Genotiva announces the formation of Youth Act Now, a youth alliance calling for the scrapping of the pork barrel and re-channeling the fund to state colleges and universities. At right is Kabataan Partylist regional coordinator Rendell Ryan Cagula. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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