By IRENE V. DAGUDOG
Davao Today
(Compostela Information Officer) Obenieta could not take it that victims of typhoon Pablo had to go out to the streets in act of protest against government inaction over their situation. To her, to hold a barricade was not just right thing to do because “the officials never lack in providing their needs and in appraising them on government intervention.”
By DAVAO TODAY
Maria Liyab Magtanggol, KM’s regional spokesman, said the group staged a quick rally last Tuesday in this city “to protest the reactionary US-Aquino regime’s incompetence and continued connivance with the imperialist US despite the worsening living conditions of the Filipino masses.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Data from the CHO noted that the Poblacion area has 10 cases of leptospirosis, Talomo North has five, Buhangin has four while there’s one case each in Agdao, Baguio, Marilog, Toril and Tugbok.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
The peasant group challenged De Lima to investigate first what really happened in the clash between protesting coconut farmers and the cops during last Thursday’s rally at the NAPC office before issuing “prejudicial statements.”
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“Dance is itself an act of protest. It commands movement, not stillness. We cannot be still while women and girls are being raped, beaten, or hurt in any way. Every person dancing and rising with us on Valentine’s Day is registering collective rage at the violence inflicted on women and at the same time committing to action against it.” — Mary Ann Sapar, GWP-Southern Mindanao spokesperson
By DANILDA FUSILERO
Davao Today
“Gipasulod mi nila sa covenant para maundang ang gubot, pero wala man pud nasunod ang kasabotan (They made us agree to the covenant to resolve the conflict but they did not comply).” — Lilia Gicana, 54, a CLOA holder from Sitio Lacobe, Malabuan village, Makilala town
By IRENE V. DAGUDOG
Davao Today
“Gihisgotan sa Phillippine Development Forum (PDF) kung paunsa pa palig-onon ang pagbaligya sa atoang mga nasudnong bahandi pinaagi sa Public-Private Partnership (PPP),” said Sheena Duazo, of Bayan-Southern Mindanao, one of the groups which held a rally outside the Marco Polo Hotel during the first day of the gathering.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“What resilient economic growth?” Gabriela Women’s group reacted to Department of Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad’s opening statement at the forum which described the economic growth under Aquino’s watch as “stellar and resilient.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“Kamong tanan nga konektado niya, dili na ta magbinolahay. Kabalo mo nga kamo akong ginatunong. Who has had, or who had had dealings with (Balingit). Tagaan ta mo’g 24 oras. Makita ta mo sa Davao, mosuroy ko. Sorry na lang. Ayaw kog mahaya.” – Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
By IRENE V. DAGUDOG
Davao Today
In his visit to a flood-stricken village here, February 1, Duterte told residents that the US is the biggest emitter of carbon gases which destroys the earth’s atmosphere. This as he criticized the latter for not signing the Kyoto Protocol, seven years ago in Kyoto, Japan.
