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 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?)
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“Gibinu-angan lang mi sa gobyerno, wala man diay para sa amoa (The government is not taking us seriously, nothing has been intended for us all along)” — Lilia Gicana, 54, CARP beneficiary
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
Bt Talong is a genetically-engineered eggplant that produces a toxin against a fruit and shoot borer (FSB). BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) is a soil bacterium whose genes are inserted to the eggplant to produce toxins against FSB.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ and ROWENO R. CABALLES
Davao Today
They call for the pull out Senate Bill 2997 as they say it spells doom not only for the employees of various water districts who will face job displacements once the bill is enacted, but the people’s access to this basic need, as well.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
CRMC President Dr. Louella Jeanne Lao, in an interview with davaotoday.com, expressed deep concerns on the effects of corporatization on their clients and employees.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Persons who constantly change partners or are engaged constantly with different partners risk themselves to HIV-AIDS, according to their study. Most of those HIV-AIDS positive behave in such manners.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Acef, according to Arnado, only ended in the hands of dubious beneficiaries. This, he said, was proven by the government audit firm itself.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
These lumad children long for knowledge. Not even their parents can stop them from going to school, even if it means they have to contend with their empty stomachs.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
On the NSCB declaration that Davao City is the least poor in Mindanao: “(That’s) good news, but it doesn’t mean that there are no more poor people in Davao. Many are still in need of work and (decent) income, especially that the city’s rate of in-migration has increased” — Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio
