Author Archives: DAVAO TODAY

17 years ago

Davao farmers slam jathropa planting, Biofuels Act

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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.

17 years ago

Killings in Philippines leave deeply entrenched fear, distrust

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At the height of the escalating incidents of the murder of activists, there was strong condemnation, both within and outside the country that forced the government to do something to stop the killing. Now that the number of killings has declined, condemnation has also decreased and discussion into finding reasonable remedies and redress for the victims had waned. It has even prompted the government to take the credit for the decline in the number of killings as proof of the improved human rights conditions in the country.

17 years ago

Bayan’s worst-case scenario: P50 per liter gasoline, P700 LPG

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Unless government removes the 12 percent value added tax (VAT) on oil and repeal the Oil Deregulation Law, the country is facing as much as P50 per liter in gasoline prices and more than P700 in LPG retail prices by the end of the year, umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) disclosed.