Duterte visits ambushed trooper

AMBUSHED. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte with Davao Medical Center chief doctor Leopoldo Vega (left) comfort CPL Alberto Paculba of Task Force Davao Ranger Battalion, who was one of six casualties wounded in a recent landmine ambush by the communist New People’s Army in Paquibato District. EDGAR ARRO
 

NOGIE FILES 9 CHARGES VS. DETAINEE, LAWYER

House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles has filed 9 counter-charges against a detainee of the Panabo City Jail and his lawyer, charging that the two falsified documents and fabricated a tale to implicate him in the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) investigation into the killings by the so-called Davao Death Squad.
In a 10-page counter-affidavit and counter-charges [...]

Scared Arabian investor flees Davao after witnessing military take-over of banana plantation

Davao banana industry loses $60 million investment
The sight of fully-armed troopers taking over a banana plantation in Malalag, Davao del Sur has led to a terrible loss for the banana industry: A scared Arabian investor who witnessed the takeover had fled the country with his $60 million that he would invested in banana growing.
This sad [...]

Watershed Code to ban Hedcor hyropower plant in Tamugan

City councilors dared to make a stand vs. Hedcor
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has dared members of the local legislative body to make a stand on in defense of Tamugan River as the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) closed the door on the Davao City Water District (DCWD) to tap the river for its surface [...]

“Aerial spraying ban would kill banana industry”

Banana exec vows all-out war vs. critics
Moves in Congress aiming to ban aerial spraying in banana plantations are pushing the banana industry a full-blown war against its critics.
A congressman and a senator—from Mindanao where the Philippines’ banana plantations are located—have filed bills the industry said is a serious threat to the country’s multi-million dollar earning [...]

OIC BACKS GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof. Ikmeleddin Ihsanoglu, came out with an official statement supporting the peace talks between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).This is so far  the clearest expression of support from the highest OIC official to the 12-year [...]

GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS BACK ON TRACK

The MILF and GRP Peace Negotiating Panels ended their two-day special  meeting Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on a high note of renewed optimism that the peace negotiations abruptly stalled last year by the aborted MOA-AD signing will be back on track.The failed signing of the MILF-GRP MOA-AD on August 5, 2008 led [...]

MALACANANG ELATED BY RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS

Malacañang said on Wednesday they are happy over the resumption of peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Panels in Malaysia.
This was jointly stated by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Press Secretary Cerge Remonde shortly before they left for the United States [...]

GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS TO RESUME

The negotiating panels of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Thursday have “re-established official contacts” today, after nearly a year of impasse in peace talks, the GRP panel said.
Undersecretary Rafael Seguis of the Department of Foreign Affairs, who is also GRP panel chairman, said a [...]

Lopez, Dayanghirang cellar dwellers in congressional race survey

KARLO NOGRALES VS. MAYOR DUTERTE? 
A survey has predicted doomsday for the candidacies of two aspirants in separate races for congressional seats in Davao City, even as Dabawenyos await the decision of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on whether to run or not for Congress in the First District.
 
The PalsoDabaw survey of 1,000 respondents conducted from July 1 [...]