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Miriam Roda (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)

Woman planter wants better gender, economic treatment

From Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte, Miriam Roda, along with her fellow union members, travelled to this city to join other women in a protest rally on Friday, March 8. She chose to be in the picket line that day, in solidarity with other toiling women commemorating the International Women’s Day.

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Read more about the article Violence against women driven by economic abuse still high in Davao City
HELPLESS. A mother sat helplessly with her two children while they look at a demolition team destroy their house in Barangay 26-C Salmonan last date.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Violence against women driven by economic abuse still high in Davao City

The IGDD deals with around 10 to 15 VAW clients in a day, on top of new cases reported, according to Mandin.

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MUSCLE-FLEXING. Porters in Davao City’s Bankerohan Public Market are paid as low as PHP 15 for every 100 kilos of goods to transport. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Lowering inflation no significance on poor Filipinos, solon claims

Poor Filipinos are not happy with the 3.8% inflation rate as the surge of prices of basic commodities in the past months have already put them into indebtedness and worsened poverty, a progressive lawmaker said.

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