By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“Our tribal chieftain arrived and confirmed that Totong was killed because he was mistaken for an NPA guide. He said they believed him to be in the company of seven other men and was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun” – Manuel Mabinsi, victim’s brother
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Dagok blocked the backhoe operator’s view as she finds this the only way she could stop the machine from gnashing its teeth on the land — the land where they have lived and tilled for years; the land they call home in Bariquit Compound, Purok 13, Bugac in Maa village.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“Karon, bisan bugas maglisod nami palit, dili pud mi kapanguha og lagutmon sa bukid kay mahadlok mi nga masakpan sa mga sundalo (Now, we can hardly buy rice, we can’t even gather root crops for fear that soldiers might caught us)” — George, a lumad peasant in Magpet
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Dubbed “Our River, Our Life,” (Orol) the campaign focuses on the two main river systems in Mindanao Island, the Agusan and the Rio Grande, which support and sustain the more than eight million inhabitants or a third of Mindanao population.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
From the statements e-mailed to the media, Communist rebels admitted killing Ansabu in Sitio Kiapat, Ganatay village in Arakan town; and Ogaw in Sitio Lumondao, Marilog village in Davao City.
By JOHN RIZLE L SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We couldn’t resist anymore. We were hoping that the city will help us and fight for us but we were proven wrong. Way before the demolition attempt last year though, the Mayor already told us that we lost the case and that we should self-demolish. She also never said she punched the sheriff to save us from being demolished, she was only there because she wanted the demolition to be peaceful.” — Marlene Compacino, a resident of Soliman
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
As Section 12 of EO 79 relegates to the courts what is supposed to be within the local government unit’s power to exercise authority, the Bayan leader asked, “Where will LGUs turn to if foreign and big mining corporations file cases against them?”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
In a recent psycho-social activity facilitated by the children’s rights advocacy group Children’s Rehabilitation Center, the two boys narrated their experience during their four-hour walk with soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
While the women in the labor force seethe under the Aquino administration, the peasant women feel no better. In fact they have long been disgruntled over what they call a continuing apathy of Aquino administration on their rights and interests.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“The case is very weak and was only filed to make it appear that PNoy is running after GMA but actually it is accommodating the hated (former) president. Truth to tell, PNoy is not serious in making GMA and her cohorts accountable for their crimes against the Filipino people.” — Atty. Carlos Zarate, Bayan Muna Vice-President for Mindanao.
