Davao Today

Davao firms to issue warning on closures, retrenchments

GERMELINA A. LACORTE — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:05:23 +0000

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

The early warning system is part of the contingency plan initiated by Dole to deal with the projected increase in unemployment if companies will have a hard time dealing with the crisis. It will allow the government to draw up possible employment and livelihood options to workers affected, said Lawyer Jalilo dela Torre, Dole regional director.

Duterte-Nograles tiff over park prelude to 2010?

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:04:49 +0000

Senator Jamby Madrigal, NDFP call for peace talks resumption,

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:56:54 +0000

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 call for the immediate resumption of the formal talks in the [...]

Urban poor group hits Arroyo on housing mega-sale

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:54:55 +0000

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 of urban poor professionals and other low-income earners [...]

NPA still investigating POW Cammayo, assures family of his safety

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:54:22 +0000

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 sitio Anagase, Barangay Casoon, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province last November 7, 2008. The [...]

Military operations in ComVal is linked to mining – environmental alliance

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:53:50 +0000

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 Compostela Valley, particularly in the municipality of New Bataan. “We believe that the ultimate objective of massive military [...]

Military’s biodata requirement an intrusion on privacy and press freedom

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:52:43 +0000

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, it is a subtle repression of [...]

San Isidro town govt to penalize cacao felling

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:51:49 +0000

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 favor of the [...]

BAYAN warns of more military intervention during CBA negotiation with Dole Philippines

DAVAO TODAY — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:51:19 +0000

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 the management of Dole Philippines start. Bayan spokesperson Edward J. Flores said that the military [...]

Boston villagers recount tales of military abuses

DAVAO TODAY — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:30:54 +0000

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

Villagers said soldiers mauled and illegally detained three men from Simulao for two days and tied them to a tree. They also allegedly robbed a civilian's motorcycle and destroyed several properties in Barangay Caatihan. In the hinterlands of Tubungan, in Barangay Caatihan of Boston town, soldiers stopped and confiscated three sacks of rice that two men bought from Boston upon suspicion that these are supply for Communist rebels.