By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Sakit gyud. Dugay na kaming naningkamot aron molambo, among kusog pamuo ang gigamit, ang uban kinabuhi ang gihalad, apan ang EO 79 usa ka pagyatak kanamo” (It’s painful. We labored hard for a long time, others offered their lives. The EO 79 really violates our rights)." -- Juanita Villosino, small-scale miner
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Davao is considered low in rice sufficiency level, with palay production lessened at an average of 3.5 percent yearly from 2005 to 2010. In contrast, production of Cavendish bananas increased to over 2.8 million metric tons with a growth rate of 14.3 percent in the last four years.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino called on Malacañang not to use EO 79 to force local government units “to water down their ordinances protecting the environment and communities from large-scale and destructive mining” in a press briefing here Saturday.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ & JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “It’s no use to expose other people’s rights being violated if we keep mum on our own rights being violated.” --Noemi Degala, a nun of the Society of the Missionary Sisters of Mary (SMSM)