By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“What resilient economic growth?” Gabriela Women’s group reacted to Department of Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad’s opening statement at the forum which described the economic growth under Aquino’s watch as “stellar and resilient.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“These oil mills were established using our money and are, therefore, owned by small coconut farmers. The return of all coco levy funds and assets to its rightful owners is long overdue,” says Marbella adding, that the companies must be turned over to the coconut farmers themselves.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
The Italian government granted the country’s PHP 2.5 Billion-worth of soft loan with 0.15 percent interest per annum to develop the 35 agrarian reform communities not only in the ARMM but also in the Soccsksargen region covering 53,000 households and 31,500 agrarian reform beneficiaries.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
MinDA chairperson Sec. Luwalhati Antonino, in her opening message, expressed gratitude to the delegates and described the event as a gathering under a shared goal and commitment to a greener, progressive and peaceful Mindanao.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
MinDA through the Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee is looking into renewable energy sources or those that come from natural sources like the geothermal heat, rain, sunlight, tides, waves and wind.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
The Freshmax Trading Company has now closed its facilities affecting a total of 200 workers who, mostly, have been working for at least five years. It just posted a memo that, Roto, another company, would be taking over.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“One-third of all cancer cases are preventable while the other one-third are curable if detected early,” said Dr. Gay Lapus, an oncologist based here in Davao City.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“Thousands of power consumers are still waiting for our services to go back to normal as 185 out of 374 villages are still without electricity” — Benedicto Ongking, Officer-in-Charge General Manager of the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We will use part of the fund to rehabilitate the coconut industry and the welfare of the coconut farmers” — Euclides Forbes, Philippine Coconut Authority undersecretary
By CHRISTINE J. KUIZON
Davao Today
Magsuci said the water district office is providing free access to five faucets at their Matina office to the 35,000 lines — households or establishments — whose water supply has been cut off. In simple arithmetic, this would be 7,000 lines per faucet.
