By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“What De Lima has reported to US Congressmen is an utter distortion and denial of the country’s human rights situation”– Hanimay Suazo, secretary general, Karapatan in Southern Mindanao
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“Gusto gid niya mag-uma (He really loved to farm)” — Fr. Peter Geremia, PIME
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Pursuant to the mandate, Section 22 of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers or Republic Act 4670 provides for compulsory medical examination “free of charge for all teachers before they take up teaching, and shall be repeated not less than once a year during the teacher’s professional life.”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Indigenous tribes were displaced from their community in the government’s counter-insurgency programs that unleashed paramilitary groups in the hinterlands. When they returned to their lands, they found that settlers have applied their ancestral land for agrarian reform program and forestry projects.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
This ordinance comes after the city’s Anti-Smoking Task Force finds no study has come out that assures such new cigarettes are safe to the public.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“I thank the NPA that even though I only sprained my ankle when we ran for safety after the blast, they still included me in the indemnification. And I thank them for admitting responsibility. They truly are sincere,” said Primitiva Dadula, 56.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño admitted that he came from a family unknown in the field of politics. With this, he shared that the Makabayan Coalition will have to effectively strategize its campaigns nationwide.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Government troops are said to have virtually turned the civilian communities into military sites, risking the lives of civilians from possible attacks of the BIFF and other armed groups.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Individuals comprising what the NDF calls Third Party Facilitators signed a pledge of commitment saying “the road towards peace requires the respect for and adherence to international and other related humanitarian laws” and promised to give their time and efforts to ensure that the grenade blast victims “are indemnified in a prompt, successful and transparent manner.”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
On the 11th month following his brutal death, Italian missionary Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio is remembered by his scholars and teachers
