Davao

By ROBBY JOY SALVERON Davao Today DAVAO City — Health officials here expressed concern as the number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV-Aids) cases in this city rose with more young people engaging in unprotected sex. The Reproductive Health and Wellness Center reported that a total of 52 individuals ...

By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today DAVAO City — Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate withdrew his co-authorship of the tax reform package bill under the Duterte administration that seeks to lower income tax rates but imposes oil excise taxes. “This representation would like to withdraw his co-authorship of House Bill ...

By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today DAVAO City — A militant lawmaker slammed the passage of the national identification (ID) system by the House Committee on population and family relations, saying it is “violative of the people’s right to privacy and even pose a serious security implication to our country.” ...

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today DAVAO City — The series of military operations and encounters between government troopers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have resulted in harassment and bombing in a village in Davao City, Karapatan in Southern Mindanao reported. Karapatan said on the first week of May, ...

By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today DAVAO City — A human rights group urged United Nations special rapporteur Agnes Callamard to probe deeper into the extrajudicial killings in the country involving indigenous peoples, farmers, activists and human rights defenders. “We urge concerned UN Special Rapporteurs to likewise look into the ...

By MART D. SAMBALUD Correspondent DAVAO City — The Army’s 10th Infantry Division dared Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao to file cases in courts against soldiers whom he believed committed abuses in the performance of their duty as state security forces. “As we have always said, we call on the good ...

By MART D. SAMBALUD Davao Today DAVAO City — —Kabataan Partylist Representative Sarah Elago scored President Rodrigo Duterte after he made a pitch again to revive the Reserve Officers Training Corps as mandatory in school curriculum. “It’s like choosing between rotten apples — whether through conscription or through reviving of ...

By Teng Datu, Cotabato City Bureau Chief Davao City — Citing lines from a song, Sec. Ismael Sueño of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) shared how he used to feel as a government official from Mindanao. “Kami’y mga Muslim lamang, kami’y mga taga-Mindanao lamang,” he said. When ...

By Carolyn O. Arguillas, MindaNews DAVAO City — The alleged hitman of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) who testified before a  joint Senate Committee hearing on Sept. 22 and 25 that then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, now President of the Philippines, organized the DDS and ordered the killings is facing charges ...

DAVAO City–The cash reward for suspects in the Roxas Night Market bombing that killed 14 people and injured 70 others has been raised from P2 million to P3 million Thursday. Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said the P1-million additional cash reward was donated by a businessman and a law firm–they gave P500,000 ...