Politics

2 Davao Journalists, 4 Others Off to Sydney for Seminar on ‘Conflict-Resolution Media’

DAVAO CITY — A team of six Mindanao journalists, two of them from this city, is set to leave for Sydney, Australia, today for a short course on “Conflict-Resolving Media” at the University of Sydney Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Comprising the media delegation are Amalia Cabusao, Mindanao Times editor-in-chief; Temujin Ocampo, GMA-Davao TV news anchor; Julie Alipala, Jeoffrey Maitem, of Philippine Daily Inquirer; Edwin Fernandez, DXMS Cotabato station manager; and Allen Estabillo, MindaNews, a leading online news organization in Mindanao.

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US Changes Mind on Balikatan; Arroyo Defends Daniel Smith’s Transfer

MANILA: The United States government announced Tuesday that it was going ahead with a major military exercise with the Philippines. The announcement came three days after Manila transferred to U.S. custody an American soldier convicted last month of raping a Filipina.

A local court?s refusal to turn the Marine, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, over to the U.S. prompted Washington to cancel the exercise, originally scheduled next month and would involve 5,000 American and Filipino troops.

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