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Datu Mintroso Malibato (in blue striped shirt), spokesperson of indigenous peoples group, Karadyawaan thanks the members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in Davao City for giving toiletries and clothes for more than 200 indigenous people evacuees sheltered inside the Haran compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines on Thursday morning, Dec. 22. (Photo by NUJP-Davao)

THANKFUL

Datu Mintroso Malibato (in blue striped shirt), spokesperson of indigenous peoples group, Karadyawaan thanks the members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in Davao City for giving toiletries and clothes for more than 200 indigenous people evacuees sheltered inside the Haran compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines on Thursday morning, Dec. 22. (Photo by NUJP-Davao)

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Read more about the article PACMAN AT 38
President Rodrigo RoaDuterte sits beside the celebrant Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao during the latter’s 38th birthday celebration at the KCC Mall Events Convention Center, General Santos City on December 17, 2016. (Karl Alonzo/Presidential Photo)

PACMAN AT 38

President Rodrigo RoaDuterte sits beside the celebrant Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao during the latter’s 38th birthday celebration at the KCC Mall Events Convention Center, General Santos City on December 17, 2016. (Karl Alonzo/Presidential Photo)

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Read more about the article STANDPOINT | An Open Letter to Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association

STANDPOINT | An Open Letter to Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association

Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association, Inc., (MARBAI) is an association comprised of 159 member agrarian reform beneficiaries of mostly banana farmers, workers, planters and growers. Our organization existed as an offshoot to our collective efforts to recognize our rights to a fair livelihood in order for us to function as a productive force in the industry we helped build.

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Read more about the article NO COPY YET
Lawyer Leilani Espejo, legal counsel for the Lapanday Foods Corporation says they have not yet received the cease and desist order issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform over the land dispute inside the reclaimed area by a group of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Madaum, Tagum City as of Friday morning, Dec. 16, 2016. Lapanday is asserting their management rights over the land because of the compromise agreement entered by the Hijo Employees Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative-1, from which the protesting farmers bolted out. (Maricar Emata/davaotoday.com)

NO COPY YET

Lawyer Leilani Espejo, legal counsel for the Lapanday Foods Corporation says they have not yet received the cease and desist order issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform over the land dispute inside the reclaimed area by a group of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Madaum, Tagum City as of Friday morning, Dec. 16, 2016. Lapanday is asserting their management rights over the land because of the compromise agreement entered by the Hijo Employees Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative-1, from which the protesting farmers bolted out. (Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)

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Lapanday Foods Corporation Chief Finance Officer Manolito Dagatan says the total damage of the estimated 15 hectares of banana crops cut down by protesting farmers inside the plantation in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City costs $120,000. Dagatan says the 150-hectare occupied by members of the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc. comprise three percent of the total volume of production of Lapanday. (Maricar Emata/davaotoday.com)

LOSSES

Lapanday Foods Corporation Chief Finance Officer Manolito Dagatan says the total damage of the estimated 15 hectares of banana crops cut down by protesting farmers inside the plantation in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City costs $120,000. Dagatan says the 150-hectare occupied by members of the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc. comprise three percent of the total volume of production of Lapanday. (Maricar Emata/davaotoday.com)

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