Surigao refugees want to go home for Christmas

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

Poor sanitation, lack of water supply, malnutrition, poor resistance to diseases and heavy congestion continue to threaten the health of evacuees in Surigao del Sur. "They experience not only human rights violations," a human-rights advocate said. "Their basic right to health services are also not being answered by government."

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Jailed Davao broadcaster too poor to afford a lawyer asks for help

If media persons in Manila are raising a howl for being detained for hours without committing a crime, imagine how hard it would be for one to be sentenced to about six years in prison just because one could not afford a lawyer.

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Heed the Lumads’ call for peace, stop militarization in Surigao — Pasaka

PASAKA, a regional formation membering 25 lumad organizations in Southern Mindanao and North Cotobato condemned the military operations in the hinterland villages of Surigao Del Sur which led to the…

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DTI 11, JICA implement Davao Industry Cluster Capacity Enhancement Project (DICCEP)

THE Davao Industry Cluster Capacity Enhancement Project (DICCEP), a two-and-a-half year project initiated by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11 with the support of the Japanese International Cooperation…

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