Weighing the gains of Davao’s steel plant
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
KUNG HEI FAT CHOI! Davao City welcomes Chinese New Year with colorful lantern flying, dragon and lion dancing, and lucky charms selling. (davaotoday.com photos by Medel Hernani & Ace Morandante) [nggallery id=8]
Visiting college students plant rice in a contested lot in Barangay Maa, this city. Claimed by the powerful Villa Abrilles to be used for a high-end subdivision, the lot is being fought for by Nanay Silay and other urban poor residents in the area. The Villa-Abrilles forcibly evicted residents, destroyed plants and dumped landfill in the 11-hectare land last year. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)
DISCUSSION. A liaison officer from the local government discusses with the leader of the small-scale miners the mechanics of distributing relief goods to the affected residents in the landslide area.…
VOLUNTEER. A member of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) rests and takes fresh air at a higher and safer ground. The operation was discontinued when rains pour. (davaotoday.com photo…