By KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today As October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Jean Lindo challenged the government to put emphasis on health, particularly on women’s health, by saying that, “the best health care systems in the world are countries that spend more than 10 percent of their GNP (Gross National Product) on health.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Ordinary folks are skeptical how the tough battle between the two political giants will actually benefit them.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Pedro Arnado, chairperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas-Davao, said farmers have complained of low incomes and bankruptcy due to their failure to pay mounting debts from traders in business with multinational genetically-modified seed producers.
BY MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Sheena Duazo, secretary general of Bayan-Southern Mindanao said, they are calling for the junking of the whole law because provisions already exist in our Constitution. The law only broadens the scope of libel.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “It violates our constitutional right to freedom of speech. The muzzling of public grievances and dissenting opinion is illegal under article 3 of the 1987 Constitution. It is unlawful. It is unjust. They stall us on the much needed reproductive health bill and freedom of information act and they railroad this down our throats? Not only is it immoral, it is also stupid.” -- Pinoy rocker Nathan Peter Azarcon, Hijo frontman