2008 November- Davao Today

Davao firms to issue warning on closures...

Posted by GERMELINA A. LACORTE in Business, Davao City, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 11 19th, 2008 | No Comments

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY� Davao companies agreed to send out early warning signals just in case they will have to resort to retrenchments and company shutdown as the impact of the world wide recession will start to be felt in the region. Simeon Marfori, president of the Davao city...

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Twits Dutch government for “poisoning” peace talks in Philippines Utrecht — Philippine Senator Maria Ana Madrigal met with the peace negotiations panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), The Netherlands on November 9 and 10 and issued a statement reiterating her...

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The militant Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) condemned the Arroyo government for allowing the onerous mega-sale of 14 billion pesos worth of some 53,000 low cost housing units nationwide to the private Balikatan Housing Finance, Inc. The sale smacks of capitalist greed at the expense of thousands...

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The Merardo Arce command-Southern Mindanao regional operations command of the New People’s Army congratulates the Alejandro Lanaja command-front 3 operations command-NPA for the outstanding tactical offensive it launched against the 3rd special forces battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Environment, Inbox, Latest Posts, Military on 11 19th, 2008 | No Comments

Davao City — Panalipdan-Southern Mindanao, a broad alliance from members of environmental groups, human rights organizations, religious groups, research organizations, the academe, civil society groups, and people�s organizations lambasted the ongoing military operations in the hinterlands of...

Military’s biodata requirement an ...

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The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) is incensed at the sudden requirement imposed by major Eugene Batara, spokesman of the Western Mindanao command, for journalists to fill up a biodata form before they can be accredited for coverage. The biodata is not only an invasion of privacy,...

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Tagum City — A fine or imprisonment awaits those caught cutting down cacao trees. San Isidro, Davao del Norte mayor Tomas Abelita bared plans to impose such penalties, which counter the town’s efforts to protect their growing cacao industry. In an interview with PIA, Abelita said he is in...

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Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or the New Patriotic Alliance)-Socsksargen warns of more military intervention, particularly by the 27th infantry battallion, as the negotiations for addendum to the present collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the workers under the Amado Kadena-Naflu-KMU union and...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Davao Region, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Special Reports, Top Stories on 11 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today BOSTON, DAVAO ORIENTAL � Residents of barangays Simulao and Caatihan said government soldiers are getting back at them after sustaining losses in a September encounter with the Communist New People’s Army. Villagers said soldiers mauled and illegally...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Education, Inbox, Latest Posts on 11 10th, 2008 | No Comments

Cotabato City — The Mindanao State University (MSU) system is collaborating with the Philippine Environmental Governance (EcoGov) project of the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) in the promotion of advocacies for natural resources management based on the tenets of Islam. Last October...

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It has always been the poor who are most vulnerable and exploited, who bear the heavy price for Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s unprecedented and insatiable corruption. Thus, the call of the five bishops for radical reform is a challenge for all those who would pursue the cause of meaningful change of...

Hurt the press, hurt the people...

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Members of the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) in Central Mindanao, after an extensive consultation among each other, hereby declare “persona non-grata” colonel John Oswald Bucu, commander of the headquarters service battallion of the 6th infantry division, Philippine...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, Latest Posts on 11 10th, 2008 | No Comments

General Santos City — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) prodded the police to be cautious in performing their obligation lest they infringe the international law on human rights. CHR Socsksagen chief investigator Marie Joy Bravo said that “because the promotion of human rights is an...

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Tubod, Lanao del Norte — Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces under Abdullah Macapaar, alias commander Bravo, is now crippled and no longer has the capability to launch a bigger attack against the civilian populace of Lanao del Norte. This was the announcement made by liutenent colonel Agane...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Davao Region, Environment, Latest Posts on 11 10th, 2008 | No Comments

With the expos� of Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod) of the ‘dirty tactics’ employed by the world’s biggest miner, BHP Billiton’s insincerity to the communities that it claims it wants to help is laid bare. If BHP Billiton is really sincere, it should not have...

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General Santos City — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff general Alexander Yano ordered the Philippine Army’s 6th infantry division (ID) to carry out an immediate probe on the cause of fire that razed an ammunition stockhouse last week. Yano, who immediately flew in to the area...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Commentary, Latest Posts, OFWS & Migration, Top Stories on 11 10th, 2008 | No Comments

The more the economy is stagnant, the less its ability to create jobs, the more dependent government becomes on overseas labor deployment. By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA) Program Center for People Empowerment in Governance (Cenpeg) If the state policy making and legislative agenda do...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Crime & Public Safety, Davao Region, Extrajudicial Killings, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Military, Top Stories on 11 8th, 2008 | No Comments

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Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Latest Posts on 11 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Davao City-The market of internet cafes is slowly shrinking with the increasing number of cafes operating in Davao City. Yvonne Cabada, president of the Internet Caf� Association of Davao during the Kapehan sa Dabaw held on Monday at the Caf� Rysus of SM City Davao said there are about 400 plus cafes...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, Inbox, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military on 11 6th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Kidapawan City-More than 20 families or 120 individuals still remain at cramped evacuation center in Nalapaan in Pikit, North Cotabato. The said families are living in a small area, one kilometer away from the national highway. Most of these families came from Barangay Kadingilan, Pikit in North Cotabato....

Military to blame for children’s s...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Children/Youth, Human Rights, Inbox, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military on 11 6th, 2008 | No Comments

An interfaith mission deplores the government’s all-out war in Central Mindanao for causing trauma and suffering among hundreds and thousands of children. The National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NIHM), which traveled simultaneously to Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato and Maguindanao last October...

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The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (Eiler) said that the giant pineapple company Dole Philippines should practice its business ethics and corporate responsibility with its workers by reducing the use of flexible workers through regularization. Dolefil was named one of the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Economy, Latest Posts on 11 6th, 2008 | No Comments

The local economy is starting to get its share of the International Labor Organization’s projected 20 million global job loss by next year according to the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (Eiler). “Since the country’s economy is export dependent, local jobs are...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Davao Region, Latest Posts on 11 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Davao City-A Davao exporter of cardava banana has penetrated the United States market and shipped 20 tons of cardava that are now sold in 500 Filipino-owned supermarkets in the US. Ferdinand Maranon, owner of Sagrex Foods Inc. said that his company aside from exporting the banana is also into growing the...