By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “He’s a martyr because he lived a selfless life,” said United Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Modesto Villasanta. He described Fr. Pops through Tagalog song’s lyrics: “walang sinuman ang nabubuhay para sa sarili lamang; walang sinuman ang namamatay para sa sarili lamang.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Usually, because of the nature of our work, we are assigned outside the place where we were registered. This is the reason why a lot of media workers cannot vote,” Jessie Casalda, the chairperson of NUJP-Davao, noted.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Leah Emily Minoza, executive director of the Davao City-based Women’s Studies and Resource Center (WSRC) said Gender and Development (GAD) budget, which is supposed to be five percent of a local government unit’s allocation is even hardly implemented. Worse, it is mostly being used for purposes other than for gender programs.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Samera Amerkhan, a resident of Barangay North San Juan in Davao City's Agdao District believes that they have a right to remain in their lot as they still have a pending case in the Court of Appeals. “Our lawyers asked (them) that we all wait for it.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today In a video presented during the briefing, the day-care teacher Mutya Acosta said the children are in constant fear due to the presence of the army in the barangay hall. She added that some children do not like to attend classes because they can see uniformed men with high-powered firearms roaming around.