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PHOTO ESSAY: SO NEAR YET SO FAR by Davao Today on Dec 8, 2011Vagrants make the back of the Davao City Hall, the mayor’s official place of work, their resting place and sleeping area as they dream of social services that may never reach them. (davaotoday.com photo essay by Ace R. Morandante) Read more [...]...

PHOTO ESSAY: RAGE AGAINST IMPUNITY! by Davao Today on Dec 1, 2011                                                                       ...

I WAS SACKED! by Davao Today on Nov 29, 2011I WAS SACKED! "Gitanggal ako!" declares the shirt of one of the FILPORT 66. Filport 66 is the collective name for the 66 workers of Filipinas Port Services (Filport) illegally terminated by the Filport management last November 14, 2011. The workers w...

PHOTO ESSAY: Justice for FR. FAUSTO “POPS” TENTORIO! by Davao Today on Nov 9, 2011Read more [...]...

PHOTO ESSAY: Release of Mayor Dano and 2 Escorts by Davao Today on Nov 4, 2011Read more [...]...

Scholars to pursue legacy of Fr. Pops by Davao Today on Nov 4, 2011By Marieta Baste-Hernani and Marilou Aguirre-Tuburan ARAKAN, North Cotabato -- The coffin where the body of Fr. Fausto “Father Pops” Tentorio lay was bedecked with flowers. As the vigil continued day and night, so was the outpouring from ord...

Musings in the first hours following Fr. Pops murder by Davao Today on Nov 4, 2011CJ Kuizon ARAKAN, NORTH COTABATO—“I thought he had a stroke.” Lucita Nombreda or Ate Cita was the first to discover the dead body of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME. The 72-year-old caretaker of the convent compound was ab...

3 camps, in a spirit of camaraderie NPA detainee town mayor Henry Dano recounts 64 days in the hills by Davao Today on Nov 4, 2011By Marilou Aguirre-Tuburan Trento, AGUSAN DEL SUR -- Her voice rising above the soft hum of radio songs, Amelia Dano could not hide her restlessness. Sitting at the front of a four-wheel drive vehicle, Dano waits in trepidation as the 10-vehicle...

Mayor Sara punched not just the sheriff but an anti-poor legal system by Davao Today on Jul 8, 2011By Angela Librado-Trinidad Davaotoday.com Those who criticized the mayor panicked because she showed she was ready to burn bridges and betray her social class in defense of her constituency. Mayor Inday did not grab the law into her own hands --...

Davao Region’s first wildlife rescue center to rise in Tagum by Davao Today on Jul 6, 2011Confiscated, abandoned or donated wild animals will soon find home in this city where they will be quarantined and properly cared for.