Politics

Previous brushes with US troops make young Moros wary of Balikatan


Activists speak out against the Balikatan in Cagayan de Oro City.

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

Related story: Fears raised against Balikatan

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.

Continue ReadingPrevious brushes with US troops make young Moros wary of Balikatan

UP Mindanao students hound Neri

SPEAK THE TRUTH! Angry students from the University of the Philippines Mindanao (UP Mindanao) shout their demand at Romulo Neri, the chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), during Neri's visit here Friday to meet with the UP Board of Regents. Neri hurriedly sneaked out of the campus to avoid the protesting students. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)


Continue ReadingUP Mindanao students hound Neri

Will Lozada’s expos? lead to another People Power?

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)


Continue ReadingWill Lozada’s expos? lead to another People Power?