The local government here is keen on claiming the title as the Chocolate Capital of the Philippines as it opens on Monday, October 2, the Cacao City cafe to showcase the cacao products of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) here.
Human rights group Karapatan, while welcoming the pilot monitoring hub for the compliance of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) here, said on Monday, October 2, it should include cases of extrajudicial killings of activists.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) released a summary of their socioeconomic proposal to the government which would be discussed once the peace negotiations between both parties resume.
Couple Michael and Rachel Fernandez join other farmers in the protest camp outside the provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Tagum City. Michael's father is an agrarian reform beneficiary of the land covered by Panabo Hemp Company Inc. He awaits the installation order from the government so he can claim the portion of land owned by his father. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com
Farmers in this region are asking the government to declare the Davao Prison and Penal Farm as part of the country’s land distribution program.