By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
My linguistic homecoming has made a remarkable impact on my growth as a celebrator of Lumad literature. It couldn’t be otherwise. The noble expression and stories of Mindanao’s Lumad peoples can only be written and told in the language most akin to their experiences and reality.
By ACE R. MORANDANTE
Davao Today
With this incident, Vega said the psychiatric facility should be modernized as “this is the only public mental hospital in Mindanao.”
By EDGIE FRANCIS B. UYANGUREN
Davao Today
“Gusto kong malaman ng UP students ang peace talks. Bakit kailangan nilang makialam.” — Krista Melgarejo, UP’s 31st Student Regent
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
We cannot grasp the enormity of the responsibility we have at our hands as voters. But we are going to shape a nation which is mired by corruption, poverty, armed conflicts, human rights violations and economic sabotage.
By GILBERT L. PACIFICAR
Davao Today
“We should emulate the life of our lumad heroes who died in the struggle for defending the ancestral domain.” — Datu Monico Cayog, Kalumaran chairperson
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Citing that Mindanao mainly depends on the Agus-Pulangi hydro complex, which accounts for half of the island’s power supply, Llaneza said the most that the government can do is “minimize” power interruptions.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“The military did not even care to give immediate medical attention to the victim when he was hit and was unable to fight back anymore,” said Ryan Lariba, spokesperson for Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Soccsksargends.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“The IPRA law only served as a tool to legally plunder our ancestral lands. The law, in its present form, cannot provide the realization and attainment of our rights” — Francesca Tolentino, secretary general of the Katribu Partylist
By JOHN RIZLE SALIGUMBA
Small-scale miners grapple with the impact of landslides and the government’s demolition order.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
