Today’s View: Human Rights and Pablo

By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR. Contributor Indeed, climate change is worsening and massive destruction is continuing.  But, alas, the call for climate action and environmental protection remains unheard of in our country.  Instead of taking measures to protect the environment and creating counter-measures to further prohibit environmental degradation, the call for our nature’s protection has now escalated into a full-blown attack on human rights violations.

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Today’s View: Treating children of the new storm

By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today By allowing children to speak out and to contribute on the basis of their evolving capacities, disaster work becomes more meaningful as it spells long term action: changing the economic and socio-political landscapes in order to reduce people’s vulnerabilities and increase their capacities for growth and achieving well-being.

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Loss and horror as Davao Oriental sees eye of the storm

(Last of Two Parts) By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “We ran towards the mountains,” said Jocelyn Bocaron, who carried their four children including their youngest a one-year old infant to their safety amidst the wind. “The young coconut trees were not affected by the wind. We hid there until the strong winds subsided,” she said.

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