Christy Isis ?Ice? Achanzar, a 24-year-old woman from Davao City, makes history as the first Filipina to graduate at the prestigious US military school West Point Academy. "Joining the military…
The Permanent Peoples’ Tribune, the same body that investigated and later denounced the atrocities of the Marcos dictatorship, has concluded that the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is responsible for the extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses in the Philippines. “The wealth and consistency of the oral and written documentation made available through witnesses and expert reports, has convinced the PPT that each and all of the three charges presented against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her Government, and against George Walker Bush and his Government are substantiated,” the tribunal said in its verdict released today.
“The extension and the systematic nature of the violations of the rights of the Filipino people committed by the governments of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and with the support and full awareness of the government of George Walker Bush, qualify the same violations as crimes against humanity,” it added.
DAVAO CITY — Clean Cities Davao Coalition, a multisectoral group that aims to promote the use of clean alternative fuels, will be bringing top comedic impersonator Willie Nepumoceno to Davao City for a comedy concert show.
The show, entitled ?All of Me,? which will be held this March 31 at the Royal Mandaya Hotel, will feature Nepumoceno in his favor caricature of roles that has made him famous. Among his spoofs include the striking portrayal of country?s leaders like the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, Erap Estrada and Fidel Ramos. He is also known for portraying Dolphy, Gringo Honasan Ping Lacson, Kuya Germs, Nur Misuari among many others.
DAVAO CITY ? Students from the University of Southeastern Philippines College of Engineering students bagged the first place in three out of five categories in the Project Research Invention Contest during the Second Regional Engineering Congress held early this month at the NCCC Mall, Davao City.
A bloggers’ party held here last week turned into a coming-out party of sorts for the 52 bloggers who showed up at the newly opened NetFront coffeeshop and Internet caf?. Organizers claimed it was the first blog party outside of Metro Manila.