The Muslim-Christian community of Lizada St., Silangan in Barangay 26-C, Davao City set up barricades at the entrance of their community to defend their homes against demolition threat on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (More…) (Contributed photo by Bern Pormento)
How can Myles Albasin be a terrorist?
Maria Karlene Shawn I. Cabaraban At 13, she wore a bright yellow shirt on her first day of high school. Inside the school’s covered courts, hundreds of new students like her wore the same expressions of nervous anticipation. She felt like a stranger among them, a girl from Malaybalay City who had gotten an academic […]
SSS loan restructuring to net P1.2 billion
Anticipating to collect more than a billion in the next six months, the Social Security System (SSS) announced it is offering a Loan Restructuring Program (LRP) to member-borrowers starting April 2 until October 1.
GUEST OF HONOR
University of the Philippines Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan, leads the awarding of diploma during the graduation ceremony of the Lumad school, Community Technical College of Southern Mindanao (CTCSM), in Maco, Compostela Valley on Monday, April 2, 2018. (More…) (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Displaced Meranaw folks want to return to Marawi for good, not just visit their homes
Displaced Marawi residents have long desired to go back to what remains of their homes, most of which were destroyed in the war-torn city. They don’t want to just briefly visit the communities they left behind when the fighting broke out between extremists and the military last May 23.
Displaced Meranaw folk want to return to Marawi for good, not just visit their homes
Displaced Marawi residents have long desired to go back to what remains of their homes, most of which were destroyed in the war-torn city. They don’t want to just briefly visit the communities they left behind when the fighting broke out between extremists and the military last May 23.
Complain through proper channels, NDFP tells Dureza
The chief peace negotiator of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) advised presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza to course any complaints about alleged rebel atrocities through the proper channels instead of using these as a “scapegoat” for difficulties in resuming stalled negotiations. Dureza on Monday lashed at the New People’s Army for the […]
Uphold CARHRIHL: Creating the atmosphere for a just peace
Peace advocates commemorated the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in a forum at St. Scholastica’s College in Manila last March 10. The advocates, in the […]