By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today “If we are going to look at the best disaster preparedness model, medical teams should be in place, including doctors, medical supplies as well as the health facilities” – Doctor Jean Lindo, Kalikasan Partylist
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Emmanuel Jaldon of the Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office said there were a total of 12,565 affected families with 39,582 dependents.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesman of the NPA’s Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command, said operatives of the NPA’s Guerilla Front 34 Operations Command arrested Pfc. Jesrel Colanggo (Jezreel Culango, according to the military) of the 60th Infantry Battalion and SPO1 Ruel Pasion of the Philippine National Police (PNP) at a checkpoint they set up in Mangloy village in Laak town, Compostela Valley on January 17. The NPA said they confiscated a .45 caliber pistol from their captives.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today "Nagaklase na man ang DepEd karon, so kung asa sila gaklase, didto jud na (ang polling center), kung naa silay tent, didto mag voting (The DepEd has already resumed classes. Expectedly, the elections will be conducted there. If they have set up tents, then the voting will be held there).” -- Villaneda Olang, Public Schools District Supervisor of the South District of Baganga town in Davao Oriental
By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today Clad in their traditional garb as they joined some 5,000 people from the different towns of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, they asked, where is the government? And where is its promise of genuine relief and rehabilitation?