By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Beverly Longid, first nominee of the Katribu party-list, said that they were alarmed at the growing number of IP leaders killed due to their opposition to either mining or similar development projects, which have affected their communities and the environment.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “SWS said unemployment increased from 26 to 29 percent. For KMU, it is more. The biggest number of the labor force comes from the peasant sector,” Labog said. “(A) huge numbers of peasants are unemployed,” he added.
Press release 21 November 2012 Across the country, workers held protest actions in front of offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today (Nov. 21) to condemn the…
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Gok said his tribe has been prevented from hunting the forests since the 27th IB was assigned in their area two years ago.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Sheena Duazo, spokesperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Southern Mindanao, said once Daneco falls into the hands of a private corporation, its main concern would no longer be in the service to its consumers “but for business and profit.”