Members of the Rx Abolish Pork Movement will conduct a protest action and noise barrage on August 15, 2014, 4:00-6:00pm, at UP-PGH, Taft Avenue, Manila. This is in line with the planned activities to invite more people to join the August 25, 2014 People’s Initiative Against All Pork Barrel in Luneta Park.
Farmers have twice the reason to celebrate this Kadayawan Festival. In further recognition and support for the growing number of small-scale organic producers, the City Agriculture Office, along with local farmers’ groups and non-government organizations is launching the Davao City PGS, a coalition supporting the practice and implementation of participatory guarantee system (PGS). The PGS is an alternative product certification system more beneficial and appropriate to local and smallholder organic production.
New People’s Army guerriilas killed two soldiers and wounded six others in an armed encounter in Davao del Norte Tuesday.
The Army has implemented five days of ceasefire apparently to meet the demand of the National Democratic Front to pave the way for the release of four police personnel captured by the guerrillas early this month.
