Archive for February, 2008

Opinion: Oledan: Alternative arena

Friday, February 29th, 2008

DEVELOPMENT communicators play a crucial role in the peace building process here in Mindanao. Last week, I was invited to the gathering of Mindanao development communicators where participants presented some of the challenges in development communication and provided critique to their approaches. It also explored peace journalism as an alternative.

Lifestyle: Arroyo inaugurates Sirawan school building

Friday, February 29th, 2008

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led the groundbreaking for the construction of a two-storey four-classroom building in Sirawan Beach Elementary School, Sirawan, Toril — a predominantly Muslim coastal barangay 30 minutes away from the city center.

News: MILF disowns Al-Khobar head

Friday, February 29th, 2008

THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) vehemently denied latest allegations that the head of the extort group Al-Khobar is an MILF commander.

Feature: Reaching the impossible dream

Friday, February 29th, 2008

WE ALL dream. Whether you are young or old, you go into that mysterious world when you sleep. “Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare,” H.F. Hedge once said.

News: Military: Strict security for Arroyo just procedure

Friday, February 29th, 2008

THE recent trip of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to Davao City on Wednesday was observed as having the strictest and widest security blanket among the many visits she made to the city in the past.

Lifestyle: ‘Mutya’ press presentation tomorrow

Friday, February 29th, 2008

THE top fifteen semi-finalists of Mutya ng Dabaw 2008 will be presented to the local media Saturday at the 5th floor of Gaisano South CitiMall.

News: Army denies sexual harassment, physical abuse raps v. 66th IB men

Friday, February 29th, 2008

THE Philippine Army vehemently denied reports of sexual harassment and physical abuse allegedly committed by some members of the 66th Infantry Battalion in Baracatan, Toril, Davao City.

Opinion: Speakout: The prize of not speaking out!!

Friday, February 29th, 2008

WHAT have we, ordinary Filipinos, done to deserve this kind of governance? As if to insult the remaining sane Pinoys among us, political minions of this present administration have moved earth and hell just to smother the TRUTH.

Business: Monitoring of electronics shops intensified

Friday, February 29th, 2008

KORONADAL CITY — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has intensified its monitoring of repair shops and service centers of various electronic gadgets and other household items in South Cotabato, to protect local consumers against unscrupulous practices.

Lifestyle: Int’l peace monitor holds medical mission

Friday, February 29th, 2008

KIAMBA, Sarangani — The Malaysian contingents of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) held a medical mission for Indigenous People (IP) in depressed communities on February 19, in partnership with the local government.