By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Carlos Isagani Zarate, former president of IBP Davao Chapter, in a press briefing said IBP was born 40 years ago in the country’s critical period during Martial Law declared by the late president Ferdinand Marcos.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Sobbing while delivering his speech under the late morning sun, Datu Matunao of the Matigasalog tribe in Sitio Bermuda, Mangayon village in Compostela town said, “Mag-unsa na lang mi? Among mga kayutaaan na-bar down na. Ang kabukiran nanga-opaw na tungod sa pagpangawkaw sa mga dagkong kompanya sa logging (What will happen to us now? Our lands have been destroyed, our mountains denuded by these big logging companies).”
By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today “Mahuman na ang ceasefire. Mahadlok mi kung musubsob ang operation sa military batok NPA.” -- Juan, a resident of Sitio Kidale, Tambobong village
By MICK M. BASA Davao Todayy Indonesia has earlier donated 40 tons (40,000 Kg) of foods, blankets and medicines and a USD 1 million (PHP 40.63 million) grant to the Philippine government last December while renewing its joint military cooperation to pin down transnational terrorist groups.
By IRENE V. DAGUDOG Davao Today “The protests will be borderless, in the sense that netizens from all over the country, and all over the world, will be joining in one way or another. It will be a day for the aggressive exercise of free speech” -- Renato Reyes, secretary general of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan