Monthly Archives: October 2009

15 years ago

Against their will, villagers in Baganga set up a barangay defense outpost

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BAGANGA, DAVAO ORIENTAL (davaotoday.com) Even before they could open it, villagers in Baganga town of Davao Oriental are already complaining about the 24-hour shift that running the Barangay Defense System outpost will entail.

It will disrupt our farming activities, one villager complained to a fact-finding and medical mission team that entered the area on October 21 to 23.

BDS members dont have salaries. What will our family eat? Read on

15 years ago

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By GERMELINA LACORTE
COLUMBIO, SULTAN KUDARAT — B’laan farmer Tolyano Dalumatan had to go back to their old house in sitio Talambato in Matanao town of Davao del Sur to cut some bamboos for the walling of their new house in Columbio. “He didn�t even get to cut bamboos,� said a relative.