Jun Pala?s Ghost Still Haunts Duterte
?Ah, patay na diay? Kanus-a? Kinsa nagpatay? (Ah, he is dead? Since when? Who killed him?)? the Davao City mayor mockingly asked a crowd in Bankerohan during a campaign rally this week.
Duterte Finds Davao Elections a Real Ho-hum
But feisty mayor, who is facing no real threat to his position in next month?s elections, takes pains to justify his decision to field his initially reluctant daughter as his running mate.
Like Father, Like Daughter. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter Sara at a campaign rally this week. The mayor says Sara is the only one who can beat potential challengers to his throne. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
By Marilou M. Aguirre
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY ? “Murag walay eleksyon nga naay eleksyon. Murag naay eleksyon nga walay eleksyon. (It doesn?t feel like we have an election in an election season.)?
This was how Mayor Rodrigo Duterte described the upcoming elections during a rally this week in Piapi, Boulevard, a neighborhood in the city’s first district.
Philippines Air Force Now Accepting Applicants
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is now accepting applicants for candidate soldier (CS).
Qualifications and requirements for admission to basic military training school are the following :
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NUJP Davao Denounces Attacks on Journalists
DAVAO CITY — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao chapter joins all journalists nationwide in expressing our outrage over the killing of Radyo ng Bayan reporter Carmelo Palacios and the attack on Delfin Mallari, radioman and Luzon correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) as the Philippine media try to survive the darkest era of the Philippine democracy.
Virador to Davao Media: Be Not Afraid
DAVAO CITY–While condemning the attacks against journalists, the Bayan Muna partylist group has urged members of the media not to be cowed by the attacks against them and to continue expose the illegal activities of corrupt government officials.