Davao Today

22/08/2024

The 20th Davao City Council passed on August 20 the Justice Zone Ordinance which they hope will improve and speed up the justice system in the city.

21/08/2024

The streets of Davao City burst with colors and rhythm last August 18 as this year’s 39th Kadayawan Festival staged the Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan and Pamulak sa Kadayawan on the same date.

The streets of Davao City burst with colors and rhythm last August 18 as this year's 39th Kadayawan Festival staged the Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan and Pamulak sa Kadayawan on the same date.

20/08/2024

"I was honored to be invited by the Green Thumb Stewards, an organization from Ateneo de Davao University Grade School. I was invited to discuss horticulture, my first love. My interest in plants brought me closer to nature, a foundation on my environmental advocacies," writes Leo XL Fuentes.

I was invited to discuss horticulture, my first love. My interest in plants brought me closer to nature, a foundation on my environmental advocacies.

18/08/2024

LOOK: Performances during the Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan grand showdown at the San Pedro Square this afternoon, August 18.

Seven groups are competing for the Davao School-Based category while eight groups from various municipalities and provinces are competing for the Open category./Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)

Open Category

18/08/2024

LOOK: Performances during the Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan grand showdown at the San Pedro Square this afternoon, August 18.

Seven groups are competing for the Davao School-Based category while eight groups from various municipalities and provinces are competing for the Open category./Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)

School-based category

18/08/2024

Unlike past Kadayawan Festival, this year's major events -- Pamulak sa Kadayawan floral float parade and Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan are held jointly today, August 18.

We will see eight groups competing in the open category and seven others for the school category for this year's Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan.

The Pamulak float parade will have 36 participating groups -- eight for the daku (big) category, 16 for corporate, non-competing floats and 12 for the gamay (small) category.

The events will start from Freedom Park, Roxas Avenue and will course through CM Recto (Claveria) Street ending at San Pedro Square./
Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)

18/08/2024

Unlike past Kadayawan Festival, this year's major events -- Pamulak sa Kadayawan floral float parade and Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan are held jointly today, August 18.

We will see eight groups competing in the open category and seven others for the school category for this year's Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan.

The Pamulak float parade will have 36 participating groups -- eight for the daku (big) category, 16 for corporate, non-competing floats and 12 for the gamay (small) category.

The events will start from Freedom Park, Roxas Avenue and will course through CM Recto (Claveria) Street ending at San Pedro Square./
Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)

18/08/2024

LOOK:
All smiles! Portraits from the participants of the Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan, as students and cultural groups perform dances that represent the vibrant traditions and rich culture of various tribes in Davao City.




via Kath M.Cortez/DavaoToday

18/08/2024

Unlike past Kadayawan Festival, this year's major events -- Pamulak sa Kadayawan floral float parade and Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan are held jointly today, August 18.

We will see eight groups competing in the open category and seven others for the school category for this year's Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan.

The Pamulak float parade will have 36 participating groups -- eight for the daku (big) category, 16 for corporate, non-competing floats and 12 for the gamay (small) category.

The events will start from Freedom Park, Roxas Avenue and will course through CM Recto (Claveria) Street ending at San Pedro Square./Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)

18/08/2024

17/08/2024

LOOK: Spectators gather at the sidewalks of Claveria Street to witness the Pamulak sa Kadayawan and Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan 2024.

This year, 32 floral floats will be joining the Pamulak sa Kayawan for the Big, Small and Non-Competing category while 14 groups will be competing for the Indak- Indak sa Kadayawan in its Davao School-Based and Open category./Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)

17/08/2024

LOOK: Lumad children took time away from the Dula sa Kadayawan to enjoy the children's playgroudn at the People's Park.

The 11 tribal groups gather every Kadayawan Festival to have a friendly competition of their traditional games.

via Kath M.Cortez/Davao Today

17/08/2024

LOOK: Snippets of the ongoing Dula sa Kadayawan where participants from Davao's original 11 tribes compete in traditional games during the 39th Kadayawan Festival.

via Kath M.Cortez/ Davao Today

17/08/2024

LOOK: A tourist learns the Lumad sport called bubuntug or bamboo spear throwing, one of the events in the Dula sa Kadayawan featuring indigenous sports held today August 17 at People's Park in the ongoing 39th Kadayawan Festival celebrateing the culture and traditions of the 11 original tribes of Davao City./Kath M
Cortez(davaotoday.com)

16/08/2024

LOOK: Shane Marie Awe from the Bagobo-Tagabawa tribe wins the Hiyas ng Kadayawan 2024, one of the highlight event of the city's 39th Kadayawan sa Davao celebration.

Other Hiyas winners are Muslima Limpao from the Maranao tribe who is crowned Hiyas ng Panaghiusa, Jane Rose Miones from the Bagobo-Klata tribe for Hiyas ng Kalambuan.

The Hiyas ng Kadayawan 2024 was held at the Rizal Memorial College Arena.

16/08/2024

BREAKING:
Former Bureau of Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban accused Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio (husband of Vice President Sara Duterte) and Davao-based Chinese businessman Michael Yang of being involved in the smuggling of P6.8 billion worth of shabu seized in Davao City in 2018.

Guban made this statement during Friday’s first House four-committee hearing on POGOs and illegal drug operations held in Pampanga. Guban came out of detention to appear as a “surprise witness” in this hearing.

*Screenshot photo from House of Representatives FB page

16/08/2024

JUST IN: After four years in jail, Gloria Campos Tomalon, sister of former Bayan Muna Representative and Manobo leader Eufemia Cullamat, is acquitted and set free by the Regional Trial Court Branch 7 in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, proving her innocence on non-bailable charges of arson, kidnapping, serious illegal detention and robbery with violence.

Campos-Tomalon was a former councilor of the municipality of Lianga, Surigao del Sur and a member of the Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (Mapasu) which defends the Manobo ancestral land from mining.

Atty. Leon Montilla described the trial for Campos as a “tough case,” as it occurred at the height of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) campaign that red-tagged Lumad communities and schools including Alcadev which Mapasu supported.

16/08/2024

"Privatization of health care translates into more business establishments getting into health care. While I have seen health care models that had good intentions of reducing the impact of cost on the health care, but for real, these models are unsustainable and cannot be done only by the citizens, charity organizations or civil society organizations and the like. Only the governments have the economies of scale."

We see a family in crisis having to deal with commodification of health care. We see a system where health care is a business transaction between the patient and the health care provider.

15/08/2024

The former secretary general of Karapatan Southern Mindanao, Jay Apiag, was arrested by police on Tuesday afternoon, August 13 in Digos City and transferred later to Davao City on Wednesday on warrants for attempted murder which his group claims are “trumped-up charges”.

14/08/2024

The Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) graduates are rallying behind Police Regional Office 11 Director General Nicolas Torre III after Davao City Mayor Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte threatened to slap him.

14/08/2024

Two films from Mindanao won awards in the recently concluded 20th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.

14/08/2024

BREAKING: Karapatan Southern Mindanao releases an alert that its former secretary general Jay Apiag was arrested by authorities last August 13 in Digos City, Davao del Sur. The human rights group said Apiag was arrested for what they call “trumped up charges” of attempted murder and frustrated murder filed against him.

Apiag has been subject to red-tagging and trumped-up charges for his role as a human rights defender for Lumad and other marginalized sectors in the past years as Karapatan secretary general.

Read more of these cases here:
https://davaotoday.com/human-rights/rights-group-urge-court-to-reinvestigate-murder-charges-on-chairperson-and-regional-officer/

https://davaotoday.com/human-rights/terrorist-gallery-targeting-activists-in-davao-slammed/davaotoday.com

13/08/2024

"We see a family in crisis having to deal with commodification of health care. We see a system where health care is a business transaction between the patient and the health care provider," writes Dr. Jean Lindo.

We see a family in crisis having to deal with commodification of health care. We see a system where health care is a business transaction between the patient and the health care provider.

13/08/2024

“Let us not dilute the outstanding achievements in the 2024 Paris Olympics by reporting on trivial matters that do not carry news values and do not shape public opinion…Reporting on family feuds or personal problems of private individuals promotes an “unacceptable culture of voyeurism and rumour-mongering,” journalism professor Danilo Arao said.

The publicized family feud surrounding two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo has drawn reactions on media’s coverage on this matter.

13/08/2024

A video posted on Facebook showed the woman driving on the side of the cycling lane wheezing past some cycling athletes and police officers who motioned towards her to stop.

This year’s IronMan Davao Triathlon last August 11 saw a woman breaking into the cycling lane on a motorcycle which she livestreamed and was later apprehended.

12/08/2024

ICYMI: June Martes, a vendor at the Bankerohan Public Market expected the mayor to present a plan for vendors like him who were recently demolished from their stores on the roadside. Many of them were not able to earn much after the demolition.

The second State of the City Address (SOCA) of Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte laid down plans for more social services for Dabawenyos and discussed funding problems for the city’s bus system, but Dabawenyos wanted concrete plans on flooding and traffic.

11/08/2024

LOOK: A woman live-streamed her stunt of driving her motorcycle through the bike course lane of the IronMan 70.3 Davao triathlon this morning along Barangay Darong, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur.
The woman, Kriszell Cabo, also live-streamed how police officers of Davao del Sur arrested her for resisting them as they tried to stop her from driving through the bike course. She was also driving without a helmet.
Police brought her to the Toril Police Station.

(Photos taken from her livestream video + contributed photo)

11/08/2024

ICYMI:Eleven candidates of the Hiyas ng Kadayawan, representing Davao’s diverse Lumad and Moro tribes, showcased their unique talents last night at SM Ecoland Davao as part of the 39th Kadayawan sa Davao. The Cultural Presentation featured traditional music, dance, and storytelling, highlighting each tribe's rich cultural heritage. This event is a key highlight of the annual Kadayawan Festival, celebrating and preserving the region's vibrant traditions and artistic expressions./Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)

10/08/2024

10/08/2024

LOOK: Kilusang Mayo Uno held a mass action today August 10 in Freedom Park marking the fourth month into the disappearance of their fellow labor organizer William Lariosa.
He was forcibly taken by the military in a farmworkers' community in Quezon, Bukidnon last April 10.

His family has been searching for him in military camps for months, prompting KMU and other progressive groups to call out the government to surface Lariosa and stop the red-tagging and harassment of labor activists and unionists in the country./Kath M.Cortez(davaotoday.com)