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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Cotabato advocates slam commercial production of Bt Talong

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.

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Water district employees in Mindanao to block Water Sector Reform Act

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.

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