Davao Today

Bishops-Ulama group meets with GMA

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:02:24 +0000

DAVAO CITY – The Bishops-Ulama Conference (BUC) presented to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo the final results of its consultations and dialogues with local communities in the aftermath of the aborted signing of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (Moa-AD). The meeting with the President was held during the BUC’s 37th general assembly last week at [...]

Ulang another potential lucrative industry for Davao

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:07 +0000

DIGOS CITY – With the estimated 150 percent return of investment (ROI), the production of freshwater shrimp or ‘ulang’ is a lucrative industry that one may engaged into. During a recent conference in Davao, Marjun P. Villanueva, operations manager of Scampi Fresh Gensan, said that ulang has a rapidly expanding market. “There is a large local market, [...]

Panabo PCCDC conducts mangrove planting

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:58:42 +0000

PANABO CITY – In support of Mayor Silvosa’s campaign to protect the environment, the City Cooperative Development Council in coordination with City Environment Natural Resources (Cenro) set aside a day to plant mangroves, locally known as bakhaw, at Barangay Cagangohan at the end of last month. The activity is in line with the celebration of cooperative [...]

Davao Norte capitol recognizes gay rights

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:56:40 +0000

DAVAO CITY – The homosexual community received a boost with the organization of the Davao del Norte Gay and Lesbian Federation during a one-day gender and development (Gad) orientation program for gays sponsored by the provincial government. The forum united people from around the province who are dedicated to the principle of equality under the law [...]

Dav Or mining town fears military presence

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:54:49 +0000

MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL – Residents of Barangay Sanghay, this town expressed fears over the presence in the area of military troops belonging to the 28h infantry battalion (IB) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Some 50-100 troops have been reportedly staying in the civilian vicinity particularly at the Barangay hall, inside the chapel and [...]

Harassed Maragusan workers get support from Compostela unions

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:52:58 +0000

MARAGUSAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY— In the midst of threats to their lives and security, union workers in the municipality of Compostela hooked up with workers in this town during an interfaith peace mission. The event was part of a region-wide Interfaith Peace and Mercy Mission conducted by the Exodus for Justice and Peace (EJP) along with other [...]

Comval signs child-friendly legislation

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:48:58 +0000

NABUNTURAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY – The children of this province recently received the last of their four ‘gifts’ when the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial council) passed and enacted the landmark Local Code for Children. Governor Arturo T. Uy sais the ‘gifts’ were initiatives that cemented his administration’s commitment to build a child-friendly environment in Compostela Valley. These are [...]

Children are fair game to US-Arroyo regime’s Oplan Bantay Laya — NDF-Southern Mindanao

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:45:56 +0000

On the occasion of the National Children’s Month this October, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in Southern Mindanao expressed concern over the worsening plight of the children as relentless military operations continue to take place in Lumad (indigenous) and peasant communities in the region. Naked truth shows that children are fair game to [...]

Anakpawis confirms army is top human rights violator

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:44:24 +0000

MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL – The Commission on Human Rights is right in saying that the Philippine Army is the top human rights violator in the region, according to Anakpawis (toiling masses) Partylist, which saw the impact of militarization in Davao Oriental During the recent Interfaith Peace and Mercy Mission held in Brgy. Sanghay, in Mati, Davao [...]

Dead set

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:36:27 +0000

Tagum City’s public cemetery in Barangay La Filipina is all set for undas (All Saint’s Day). Local officials hail it as Davao’s finest cemetery for its well-arranged tombs and ‘impressive’ landscape. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) also calls the cemetery the best “destination” for study tour on public cemetery [...]