Developers to put up cheap 10M housing units in 18 years, but urban poor says amortization still expensive

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Kadamay:  “Ang mga trabahante dinhi sa siyudad gagmay ra og sweldo apan ang mga palaliton mahal kaayo.  Unsaon man nila pagkabayad sa amortisasyon sa pabalay?”  (Workers here in urban areas receive minimal salaries against the high prices of commodities.  How can they pay the housing amortization?)

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Hospital privatization or corporatization, what’s in a name?

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “If you ask the health department--because we had a dialog--the DOH admitted that is the same – corporatization is actually privatization. Right now, there are some aspects that are already privatized. If you corporatize, that means wholesale privatization.”—Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Partylist

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Read more about the article Davao folks, water district up in arms vs law on water sector reform
AGAINST THE BILLS. Imelda Magsuci, DCWD spokesperson, says they are against Senate Bill 2997 and House Bill 5497 “because the management of our natural resource will be given to private entities,” during the M-Power forum-cum-launching, June 5. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Davao folks, water district up in arms vs law on water sector reform

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA

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