ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY – The union of the banana plantation owned by Nader & Ebrahim S/O Hassan Philippines, Inc. (NEH) in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte stopped work for two days this weekend before the company gave in to their demands. It was the shortest strike to date in Mindanao,…
Day: April 20, 2015
‘What went wrong?’ | 15 questions Aquino, DFA need to answer on Mary Jane case
“If answered unsatisfactorily, this would prove that the government have neglected Mary Jane.”
Lawyers put Aquino govt to task on Mary Jane’s plight
“Mary Jane’s human rights were violated when she was unscrupulously victimized by a drug trafficking syndicate. She should not be punished but given justice.”
Palparan’s co-accused files another motion to junk charges
Staff Sergeant Edgardo Osorio, accused in the disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, argues that the kidnapping and detention charges against him cannot stick because the victims are missing.
His tantrums and the apricot sky
Just few days after the landfall of Super Tyhpoon Ruby in December 2014, this kid aboard a parked vessel along the coast of Poblacion, Basey, Samar was crying. His mother was shouting along the coast, retorting him to go home. His mother later told me that the child was having tantrums because he was not permitted to go deep-sea fishing with his father. As the night falls, this bluish grey sky, with a slight tint of apricot, seemingly wept with the boy.
NDFP: Aquino is the biggest stumbling block to peace talks
“The talks are not moving because Aquino cannot make decisions on his own.”