Alma Mondragon of Alliance Against AIDS in Mindanao (ALAGAD) on Thursday said that the city needs P133 million budget to implement the program for awareness campaign and treatment of HIV-AIDS. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Farmers condemn killings and human rights violations allegedly perpetrated by state forces against their ranks today along San Pedro Street in Davao City as part of a nationwide protest in commemoration of the Peasant month. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Members of progressive organizations stage a protest action Friday in front of the headquarters of the Eastern Mindanao Command of the AFP in Panacan. Two caskets made out of card boxes were displayed by the protesters as symbols of the death of Lando Dagansan, and his son, Judah who were brutally killed by members of the 66th Infantry Battalion last October 12. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Rocelio Tabay, head of the Davao City Technical Committee on Organic Agriculture, expresses his support for the celebration of World Food Day in the city which highlights family farming and its role in achieving food security. This year’s World Food Day celebration carries the theme “Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth”. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Speaking before media during iSpeak forum Thursday, MASIPAG Representative Fidel O. Carpesano says that some rice traders tend to mix cheap rice, which are heavily bombarded with pesticides, to locally produced and organic rice leaving consumers unsure of food safety. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com