I was a child when my mother and I started to travel the North Cotabato-Davao road. Travelling along the "humpy-bumpy" road is like riding a wild horse. Dusty when it's sunny and murky when its rainy. I was so happy, seeing workers cementing portions of the cracked stretch of barangay from Dolo highway, in the municipality of Miral (now Bansalan), Davao del Sur up to … [Read more...] about Growing up and getting old, with Davao-Digos unfinished road
Opinion
SAF 44 commandos remembered, Justice still not served
DAVAO CITY, Philippines --- Exactly three years today, 44 brave members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) sacrificed their lives to serve warrant of arrest against Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Marwan at Tukanalipao in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province, but up until now justice remain elusive. In many regions where the fallen heroes … [Read more...] about SAF 44 commandos remembered, Justice still not served
Off the record
Journalists launched a Black Friday Protest to protect press freedom in the country. But behind the much talked, much publicized, press freedom issue, members of the working press continue to suffer and agonize a much bigger problem-- from unfair labor practice to harassment in the workplace down to security problems which many media industry disregarded if not ignored for … [Read more...] about Off the record
Conflicting Interests
The thing is, Rappler Inc. and Rappler Holdings Corp. is an online news website managed and operated with an investment from a foreign company. Does this justify the need to arbitrarily close it down, even when it is not only accused of being critical of the government but also of violating the provision of the Constitution? I do not think so. In a 29- page decision signed … [Read more...] about Conflicting Interests
Beyond grief
It was a bittersweet parting for the year. In the aftermath of typhoon Vinta, an estimated 57,000 evacuees in Mindanao, including 18,500 families in the 25 barangays of Davao City were displaced. It left 123 dead and 160 missing in Visayas and Mindanao. Less than 24 hours and while the local government of Davao, including volunteers from the community was responding to … [Read more...] about Beyond grief
