By CJ KUIZON, CHERYLL FIEL, MARILOU AGUIRRE, GRACE UDDIN and DAISY GONZALES | Davao Today
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?
Students light up candles during the interfaith prayer rally in Davao City on Friday. “We are protecting our future,” one of them says. MORE PHOTOS. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
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.
TELL THE TRUTH, NOW! Barugan ta ang Kamatuoran The Scandal of Corruption Our country today is in a very deep…
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
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.
Students, faculty, administration and staff of the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) light a candle on Friday, February 22, demanding public accountability and declaring their unity with the Filipino people in the fight against corruption. The Ateneo appeals for the transformation of various groups into “prophetic communities and communal whistleblowers” in the midst of the $330 million NBN deal. Click here for more pictures. Read the story. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
KAMATUORAN (Kalihukan sa Mindanao Alang sa Kamatuoran) Presented during the launching of Kamatuoran in CdO, February 23, 2008 at Mindy’s…
By CHERYLL D. FIEL and MARILOU AGUIRRE | Davao Today
Bayan said it expects the protest actions to swell in the wake of the ZTE exposes at the Senate, linking the administration to the bloated NBN-ZTE deal. “We know that the sentiment against the President in Davao is strong. We can see initiatives from different sectors coming,” it said.
Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontires – www.rsf.org 13 February 2008 Annual Press Freedom Report 2008 REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CRITICISES LACK…
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today
“There must be a cessation of hostilities first,” Gonzales said during the Local Peace and Security Assembly (LPSA) for Davao Region. He said the government panel already relayed its stand to Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, the NDFP chief political consultant, in one of their meetings in Utrecth, The Netherlands.
