Groups advocating organic farming worry on the possible contamination of cornfields in Mindanao after a study conducted by farmers' group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag) showed a white corn variety in Bukidnon tested positive with the genetically modified Round-up Ready (RR corn) hybrid traits.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte dispelled the news that he has throat cancer.
Breastfeeding month apparently doesn’t end in August as netizens, mostly breastfeeding moms, took to social media their reactions to a comment of radio host and actor KC Montero.
An organization from Belgium has expressed its concern on the killings of Lumads in Mindanao and expected the government to investigate the involvement of soldiers in the killings.
Various groups expressed discontent on President Benigno Aquino’s reaction on the recent killings in indigenous people’s communities in Mindanao.