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With the help of flashlights, it's business as usual for store owner Leo Garcia amid the recurring outages in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

No improvement in power supply in Davao

The continuing preventive maintenance shutdown (PMS), technical term for the shutdown of operations, of coal-fired power plants still contribute to the tight power supply situation in Davao.

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Read more about the article Half of all Pinays live below poverty line – study
It's an exhausting day for this young girl who bikes off with her brother looking for useful trash as they navigate the tight road along C. Bangoy corner Palmagil, Davao City.

Half of all Pinays live below poverty line – study

Half of all Filipino women live below poverty line, according to a study conducted by the Center for Women’s Resources.

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Read more about the article Group pushes for independent probe on Mt. Diwata tragedy
LANDSLIP. The landslide in this part of Masara mountains in Maco town, Compostela Valley last year, according to locals, was caused by the continuous excavation of Apex Mining Corporation, a foreign large-scale mining firm. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Group pushes for independent probe on Mt. Diwata tragedy

A non-government organization said they received reports that at least 40 people were killed during the mining tragedy in Barangay Mt. Diwata, Monkayo town Compostela Valley on Sunday, February 28.

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Read more about the article No closure yet for kins of Pinoys killed in Iraq fire
IN GRIEF. The families of the four female overseas Filipino workers killed in a fire in Iraq on February 5, lament the delay of the assistance given to them by the employer during their meeting with Episcopal Diocese of Davao bishop Jonathan Casimina. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

No closure yet for kins of Pinoys killed in Iraq fire

Several kins of Filipino workers killed in a hotel fire in Iraq refused to sign documents sent by the victims' employer as they doubt that by doing so would mean an unresolved closure.

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