Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy said that he was upset about the high-level corruption in government as shown in the ZTE-NBN broadband scandal while officials in his city are trying hard to make do with a measly 430-million budget. He expressed frustration that Malacanang could easily get loans when local government units are not allowed to have deficit spending and all loans had to pass through the city council for approval.
Airport security has been tightened at the Davao International Airport to ensure the safety of passengers, former Aviation Security Group…
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A day before the joint U.S.-Philippine Balikatan military exercises, young Moro protesters led a barricade in barangay Sarimanok in Marawi City, which ended up with protesters hurling stones at a passing convoy of vehicles loaded with U.S. soldiers. Not contented, the protesters chased the fleeing Hi-Ace and Toyota vans and hit the car windows with stones. Aida Ibrahim, chair of the Moro youth organization Liga ng Kabataang Moro (LKM) in Marawi said the Moro youth will do everything they can to drive the U.S. troops away.
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In Davao, the rest of Mindanao and the country, mobilizations find thousands of people in the streets. Will Lozada’s testimony be enough of a spark to ignite a change in leadership?
PHOTO ESSAY From the towns of Baganga, Cateel and Boston in Davao Oriental, more than 200 Mandaya farmers walked the five-kilometer distance from the downtown area of Mati, the province’s capital, to Barangay Dahikan, the seat of legislative power, to criticize the military for the alleged human rights abuses in their villages.
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After the New People’s Army (NPA) admitted their mistake in the February 2 killing of Davao businessman Vicente Ferrazini, the family of the slain businessman asked the Communist rebels to leave Davao and the entire family in peace.
