There’s a raging debate now about the recent passage by Congress of a 125-peso across-the-board salary increase. On the one…
Poverty, hunger, violent demolitions, and lack of social services and basic utilities continue to plague the urban poor. And things…
HOUSING HEADACHE. City Hall has problems meeting its housing targets to benefit poor Davaoenos, like these slum dwellers near Bankerohan….
Administration propaganda one-sidedly presents growth, peso appreciation, lower public deficits and foreign investments as if these were development ends in…
(First of two parts) Deployment of overseas Filipino workers abroad, even in danger zones, has been the response of the…
Davao City prides itself with, among other things, perhaps being the only city in the Philippines that successfully implements a…
These children roaming the streets of Davao City are a common sight during the holidays, asking strangers for money or…
A call-center company based in Davao says it plans to tap the call-center and business-outsourcing potentials of provinces in the…
Business leaders in Davao City are optimistic that the city’s economy will improve next year. They cite expected growth in…
In its latest survey on hunger, the Social Weather Stations said hunger has reached a new record high throughout the…
