Today’s View : A special write-up
There they are! -- heroes of the masses -- the true fighters and firm defenders of the people’s cause, who lyricise with their vigilance the liberation of the Mother Land from the quagmire of misery.
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Missionaries of the Assumption entertain friends, faculty and students with a song to celebrate their 25th founding anniversary. The congregation is known for its thrust in transformative education and evangelization for the poor by joining rallies and social causes. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
The ‘Assumption zeal’ starts 25th year countdown
By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY-- A congregation of women known for its “active Church work of evangelization” and transformative education by joining rallies and strike camps celebrated…
5,000 angry Pablo victims barricade ComVal-national highway
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Sobbing while delivering his speech under the late morning sun, Datu Matunao of the Matigasalog tribe in Sitio Bermuda, Mangayon village in Compostela town said, “Mag-unsa na lang mi? Among mga kayutaaan na-bar down na. Ang kabukiran nanga-opaw na tungod sa pagpangawkaw sa mga dagkong kompanya sa logging (What will happen to us now? Our lands have been destroyed, our mountains denuded by these big logging companies).”
PHILIPPINES IS NOT FOR SALE. Davao City militants protest against US intervention in time of the 114th Philippine independence celebration, Tuesday. The woman whose hands are chained and wearing a Philippine flag-like dress symbolizes the country “under control of the Imperialist US.” (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Philippine independence, according to Davaoeños
By LEIGH E. DALUGDOG, CHERYLL D. FIEL, JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA, MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN & TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today More than a century after Spanish colonization and almost seven decades after American colonization, we ask, is the Philippines truly free and sovereign? Davao Today collected the thoughts of Davaoeños, Philippine-based and not.
The Promises of EDSA
MANILA — The country is commemorating this week the 24th anniversary of Edsa People Power 1. Some would not bother celebrating the event because they feel that the country is…