Posts by tag: World

12 years ago

Not a ‘peaceful’ demolition for Davao’s urban poor

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By JOHN RIZLE L SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

“We couldn’t resist anymore. We were hoping that the city will help us and fight for us but we were proven wrong. Way before the demolition attempt last year though, the Mayor already told us that we lost the case and that we should self-demolish. She also never said she punched the sheriff to save us from being demolished, she was only there because she wanted the demolition to be peaceful.” — Marlene Compacino, a resident of Soliman

12 years ago

Children used as “guides” recount experience with the military

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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

In a recent psycho-social activity facilitated by the children’s rights advocacy group Children’s Rehabilitation Center, the two boys narrated their experience during their four-hour walk with soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion.

12 years ago

NoCot notes dramatic decrease in Malaria cases

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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

The result is attributed to the Department of Health’s (DOH) coordination with its partner organizations and agencies to employ “key interventions with regard to malaria control.”

12 years ago

North Cotabato women thumb down PNoy

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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

While the women in the labor force seethe under the Aquino administration, the peasant women feel no better. In fact they have long been disgruntled over what they call a continuing apathy of Aquino administration on their rights and interests.

12 years ago

Groups question Arroyo’s release, call for her prosecution

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By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

“The case is very weak and was only filed to make it appear that PNoy is running after GMA but actually it is accommodating the hated (former) president. Truth to tell, PNoy is not serious in making GMA and her cohorts accountable for their crimes against the Filipino people.” — Atty. Carlos Zarate, Bayan Muna Vice-President for Mindanao.

12 years ago

Photo Essay: Criticisms and alternatives mark People’s Sona

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Photos by MEDEL V. HERNANI, ACE R. MORANDANTE & TYRONE A. VELEZ
Text by MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN

Assessing Aquino’s performance since 2012, various sectors and organizations criticized his administration on different issues, thus, giving him a “failing mark.” They said, regional issues “depict the worsening plight of workers, farmers, the urban poor, consumers, and intensified threat to the environment.”