Davao Today

Japanese-Filipino kids welcome new law on citizenship

GERMELINA A. LACORTE — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:38:11 +0000

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

The June 4 decision of the Japan Supreme Court will reverse the old law which only grants nationality to Japanese-Filipino children whose parents were married legally. The new law will include children whose parents are not legally married.

Photos: Stop state terrorism!

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:32:45 +0000

STOP STATE TERRORISM! Members of the militant organization Bayan Muna stage a picket outside Lispher Inn in Juna Subdivision on Tuesday, August 26, during the second-day of the Congressional inquiry on extra-judicial killing conducted by the House committee on human rights. Congressman Lorenzo Tañada III, who heads the committee, invited officers [...]

Lumad leader fears for his life

GRACE S. UDDIN — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:24:00 +0000

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

Lumad leader Kerlan Fanagel is surprised to see his picture on a poster of the wanted list of Communist rebels displayed in public areas in Compostela town, Compostela Valley Province. Fanagel figured in the fight against the militarization of Lumad communities in Compostela. His Lumad group Pasaka points to the 28th IB of the Philippine Army as the people behind those posters, an accusation that the Philippine Army denies. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

US ambassador Kenney is lying about us involvement in moa-ad sham

DAVAO TODAY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:18:30 +0000

US ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney is blatantly lying by claiming that she was merely invited to witness the aborted signing of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD), that she was ignorant of its content and that the US government had nothing to do with the GRP-MILF peace negotiations nor with the [...]

Towards a pro-Filipino and pro-people Mining Act

DAVAO TODAY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:18:09 +0000

To our comrades in Kamp (Kapisanan ng Mamayang Katutubo ng Pilipinas), our compatriot indigenous peoples from north to south, the Center for Environmental Concerns, guests and observers, warmest militant greetings from Bayan Muna! During the Marcos dictatorship, the joke used to be that Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos had a very simple mining policy: that is [...]

PNP targets at least 21 personnel per station

DAVAO TODAY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:17:45 +0000

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is bent to have 21 personnel as minimum requirement for every police station. This is part of the integrated transformation program that the agency has started implementing to improve the efficiency of the police force. Police deputy director general Jesus Verzosa said one of the key areas where the PNP [...]

No military offensives in Siargao during the fiesta and invitational surfing competition — NPA

DAVAO TODAY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:17:22 +0000

The guerilla platoons of the New People’s Army (NPA) under the Pulang Diwata Command-Bagong Hukbong Bayan in north eastern Mindanao region will not launch military offensives in the islands of Siargao, including the surfing resorts in the ensuing days and especially during the fiesta of General Luna and surfing competition. We guarantee this to the [...]

NDF-southern Mindanao warns vs barangay defense system

DAVAO TODAY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:16:51 +0000

The National Democratic Front- southern Mindanao scoffs at the so-called barangay defense system (BDS) as a misnomer because, contrary to its ballyhooed raison d’ etre, it will not protect communities but will only pave the way for graver human rights violations. This, as the Task Force Davao installs the BDS in Toril, in Bunawan, in [...]

NDF: DCWD-Hedcor deal will pave way to water utility privatization

DAVAO TODAY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:16:14 +0000

The National Democratic Front (NDF) in southern Mindanao cautioned the public against the collusion of the Aboitiz-owned Hedcor Tamugan Incorporated (HTI) and the state-owned Davao City Water District (DCWD) as the two entities gear up for a so-called “win-win” solution to operate and exploit the Tamugan and Panigan rivers in Davao City. This win-win [...]

Lawyers condemn use of MOA and federalism to justify charter change

DAVAO TODAY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:15:42 +0000

Now it is very clear. The solicitor general’s motion informing the Supreme Court of the Arroyo government’s decision not to sign the MOA with the MILF “due to changed circumstances” is one more proof that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo only used the MOA as a means to launch her campaign for charter change. Now that [...]