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?”