Bayan Muna has announced that Rep. Joel Virador, its representative in Congress from Davao and Mindanao, did not seek renomination during the party-list group’s national convention this week. He was, however, elected as executive vice president. According to Bayan Muna, Virador will focus on a “local race.”
Here's something that might make some people rethink the conventional wisdom that Davao City's is the safest city in the Philippines. According to this report, an average of 1.5 killings…
By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY ? The spate of bombings in Mindanao on Wednesday could be a scenario concocted by the government to justify an anti-terrorism campaign that has curtailed the civil liberties and violated the human rights of Filipinos, activists from this city said on Thursday.
State security forces could be behind the attacks Wednesday night in the cities of General Santos, Kidapawan and Cotabato, said Ariel Casilao, spokesman of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) in Southern Mindanao.
Five people were killed when a bomb exploded at around 6 tonight at the public market in General Santos City, according to an ABS-CBN report.
Authorities have "downplayed" the advisory issued by the Australian government warning that Davao is a likely target of terror attacks in the coming days. "We knew about the threat. It…
