Journalists fight back against police harassments
Members of the Philippine press are gearing up to fight back against unrelenting harassments being conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) against their ranks. In a meeting last Monday…
Tagabawa lumads up in arms against HEDCOR
The indigenous people Bagobo-Tagabawa are opposing the ongoing construction of hydropower plant in Tudaya by the Aboitiz-owned Hydro Electric Development Corporation (HEDCOR).
Malunggay eyed as potential biofuel source
THE lowly malunggay, which is being eyed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) as a solution to hunger, poverty and chronic malnutrition suffered by women and children in the country,…
Davao Oriental SMEs prepare for world market
AT LEAST two small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Davao Oriental are now being developed to readily compete during the National Trade Fair (NTF) set next year. The NTF is…
Davao farmers slam jathropa planting, Biofuels Act
?Foreign-funded Jathropa plantations are encroaching on agricultural lands and it only adds to the existing laws and policies that cause food deprivation among the poor Filipinos like the 70% farmers and farm workers in the country,? Celso Pojas, KMP-SMR spokesperson said.