Japan-based commodity supplier Farmind Corporation is eyeing to put up banana plantations in conflict areas of Mindanao, a Cabinet official said.
Author Archives: Paulo C. Rizal
Kim Gargar, spokesperson of environmental group Panalipdan said that the implementation of the Davao Coastline and Port Development Project will destroy marine life ecosystems, not only in the areas to be reclaimed, but from the areas where suitable earth materials will be extracted to be used in the reclamation. A public forum on the project was held Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the Sangguniang Panlungsod building in Davao City.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A lawyer here expressed dismay over the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, saying that the ruling “dismissed” the sacrifices of those who gave their lives to restore democracy during the years of martial law.
Members of Konsensya Dabaw, a local movement opposing Marcos’ hero’s burial, stage an indignation rally along Roxas Avenue in Davao City hours after the Supreme Court allowed the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Tuesday, Nov. 8. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Members of Konsensya Dabaw, a local movement opposing the hero’s burial for former President Ferdinand Marcos, hold portraits of the five judges who voted against the burial. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chair of the Committee on Finance, delivers a privilege speech during the 18th Council’s regular session on Tuesday, Nov. 8, proposing for an increase of the city’s real property tax. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Michael Denton Aportadera, the City and Sports Office chief and Anti-Drug Abuse council co-chairperson, presents before the 18th Council on Tuesday, Nov. 8 the strategies undertaken by the city government to confront the problems on the use of illegal drugs. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The nominees must have “substantial contribution” both to the growth and development of Davao.
Maya Vandenbroeck of Tuburan Institute on Nov. 7 invites the public to the Advent Fair to be held on Nov. 19. The Tuburan Institute is a Steiner/Waldorf “community nature school” located in Purok 8, New Loon, Brgy. Tugbok Proper, Tugbok district. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Department of Justice Deputy Regional State Prosecutor Atty. Barbara Mae Pagdilao – Flores announce on Nov. 7 that of the 15 convictions of human trafficking cases in Davao region since 2003, 14 were sexual exploitation which involved minors. The lone remaining case involved is a forced labor. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
