Davao Today asks people on the streets about what they expect from the President’s state of the nation address on Monday, and in return, got a wish list of what people think government should do to alleviate their plight.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today
According to the June 2008 statistics of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), a family of sixthe average household member of a regular Filipino familyin the Davao region, needs 760 pesos a day to live decently. But the current minimum wage in the region is only 265 pesos–short of 495 pesos for a family’s living wage per day. Workers have been demanding for an increase in the minimum wage to make ends meet.
Tagum City— Two years from now, a 320 million peso state-of-the-art sports complex will rise in a 12-hectare lot across…
