Surviving Pablo, the Manobos’ story
'When the storm stopped, you feel like breaking down seeing your crops uprooted.'
Surviving Pablo, the Manobos’ story
Agusanon Manobos battle vs. displacement, aggression
Agusanon Manobos battle vs. displacement, aggression
"They wanted the capitalists to come in to solve poverty, but experiences in other mining areas showed that Lumads were displaced instead when the capitalists took over."
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NPA holds 1001st Brigade HQ personnel as POW
NPA holds 1001st Brigade HQ personnel as POW
By Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Operatives under the Comval Davao Gulf Sub Regional Command of the New People’s Army exploded a command-detonated bomb inside the headquarters of the 71st Infantry Battalion in Barangay Pangibiran, Mabini town of this province killing six...
30-million peso calamity fund ratted out?
30-million peso calamity fund ratted out?
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today DAVAO CITY — The city council wants to find out what happened to the 30-million peso calamity fund provided to eight villages in Paquibato District. Councilor Melchor Quitain said in a privilege speech on Tuesday’s session...
Sa Mga Mamamatay Ngayong Tag-ulan
Sa Mga Mamamatay Ngayong Tag-ulan
Ni MARK JOSEPH RAFAL Bulatlat.com Baunin ninyo ang aking pakikiramay. Alam kong bago kayo ibulid sa pigtal ng hininga, Dinanas ninyo ang matinding sakal ng lamig O narinig ang pinakamalungkot na musika Ng pag-aasam sa pagtila ng dalamhati. Alam kong batid ninyong...
Kadayawan 2013’s Indak-Indak: A Kaleidoscope
Kadayawan 2013’s Indak-Indak: A Kaleidoscope
DAVAO City -- The bright colors, banging of drums, vibrant dances and chants reverberated the streets during the Kadayawan’s Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan (Street Dancing). Around 23 contingents from Davao and neighboring provinces braved the heat in this year’s parade...
Estrada’s ‘Magna Carta’ bill
Estrada’s ‘Magna Carta’ bill
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In response to, among other media issues, the continuing killing of journalists -- 130 so far killed in the line of duty since 1986 and 16 since Benigno Aquino III became President in 2010 -- Senator Jinggoy Ejercito...
Lutong makaw
Lutong makaw
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The negotiations between the Philippine and US governments is just on its first round but the results are already predictable since both sides are saying exactly the same thing about the whys and wherefores of...
Insurance Commission remiss in regulating pre-need firms
Insurance Commission remiss in regulating pre-need firms
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last April 20 and 27, I wrote about how Pryce Plans, Inc. and its president, Salvador P. Escano, treated me over the lump-sum payment of my modest (P300,000) pension plan that the company was obligated to...
If a drone could think
If a drone could think
By ROLAND G. SIMBULAN Bulatlat.com If a smart bomb could think will a drone ask why it has become America's deadliest, lethal global fighting machine? If a drone could think will it ask why it disrespects sovereignty and spies, maims and kills foreign citizens...
Davao City starts Kadayawan Fest
Davao City starts Kadayawan Fest
Rehearsal Davao City youth in indigenous garb rehearse a dance at People’s Park for Friday’s opening ceremony of the 28th Kadayawan Festival, an event celebrating the ten Lumad and Muslim tribes that inhabit the city. The giant ‘Bounty Basket’ filled with fruits...
US wants old Davao airport as drones HQ
US wants old Davao airport as drones HQ
"I told them: 'Don’t put your drones there because that thing blows up, and Davao will also blow up if they are in there.” -- City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
Rights group cites abuses of newly deployed military units
Rights group cites abuses of newly deployed military units
"The army's redeployment of troops is just a change of guards but the orientation of troops does not change." -- Cordillera Human Rights Alliance
Petron should fast track clean up, pay compensation for oil spill – fisherfolk group
Petron should fast track clean up, pay compensation for oil spill – fisherfolk group
"Not a single centavo of taxpayers money should be spent for the clean up. Petron and its accomplice in the crime – the owners and operators of MV Makisig – should pay the cost of the cleanup and prepare for compensation claims to be asked by affected fishermen and residents.”
Corruption
Corruption
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Campaigning in 2010, Benigno Aquino III identified corruption as the cause of Philippine poverty, and promised to put an end to it once he was elected President. It hasn’t been as easy as he seems to have thought. As...
Aquino and the ‘pork barrel’
Aquino and the ‘pork barrel’
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The expose by whistleblowers on the Napoles P10 billion ”pork barrel” scam for ghost projects involving members of Congress, executive agencies, local government units, fake NGOS and a big-time syndicate of...
P-Noy mum on human rights, GPH-NDFP peace talks
P-Noy mum on human rights, GPH-NDFP peace talks
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last August 2, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process issued a quaint statement through its website. It’s titled, “Goodwill, sincerity will move GPH-CPP/NPA/NDF peace process forward.” It...
Black sand mining facilities in Ilocos Sur dismantled
Black sand mining facilities in Ilocos Sur dismantled
“It is not only an action against the destructive and exploitative black sand mining operation, but also a blow against individuals and officials who welcomed, imposed and supported the said mining ventures through sheer political force, threats, maneuverings and deceptions.” – Defend Ilocos
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