Comic books as tool vs. teenage pregnancies

A group in the Davao Region is using comic books in an information campaign on reproductive health in wake of rising incidents of pre-marital sex and teenage pregnancies.

Dr. Veronica Mallari-Deniega, chair of the Adolescent Health Issues and Perspectives program of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (Pogs), said the comic books would fill in lack [...]

Bomber paid a measly P1,000 to bomb power line

A member of an extortion gang suspected as behind the series  bombings of public transport buses and transmission towers in Western and Southern Mindanao said he was paid a measly P1,000 to blast out a tower of the National Transmission Corporation (Transco) in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato last year.
Muslimen Abbas of the Al-Khobar was arrested [...]

Bayan Muna calls governor, military “liars”

FOR DENYING EVACUATION IN DAVAO ORIENTAL
LIARS!!! 
The militant Bayan Muna has slammed Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon and the military for denying there were evacuation by some people in the municipalities of Cateel, Boston and Baganga last week following massive military operations against the communist New People’s Army rebels.
This is an affront to the agreement which [...]

GMA Ouster: STUDENTS’ ‘SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION’ TO KICK OUT ARROYO

Duterte: Students could cause GMA downfall
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo could be hastened not by the political opposition calling for her ouster or military or police losing trust on the Commander-in-Chief, but students rising up with one voice in a “spontaneous combustion” to demand she [...]

CORRUPTION IN DAVAO CITY COUNCIL – Update 3

 
Mayor wants Hugpong dad in SP scam named
By ROGER M. BALANZA

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is as interested as the public about who among his party mates under the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod is alleged by resigned Davao City Council floor leader Bonifacio Militar as having milked applicants for approval of clearance from the local legislative body.
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Diosdado Macapagal Airport tagged as “Dioskonapakamahal” airport

Uy spoils GMA support manifesto
Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy, despite his vocal call for President Arroyo to step down, has signed a manifesto of support for the embattled president, but added a spoiler to his signature that indicated where he stands.
Uy, in the manifesto prepared by Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario and already [...]