Economy

Davao workers press for the legislated 125-peso across the board wage increase

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today

According to the June 2008 statistics of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), a family of six?the average household member of a regular Filipino family?in the Davao region, needs 760 pesos a day to live decently. But the current minimum wage in the region is only 265 pesos--short of 495 pesos for a family's living wage per day. Workers have been demanding for an increase in the minimum wage to make ends meet.

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Filipinos end up paying more, instead of paying less, for ODAs

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

Sonny Africa, research head of Ibon Philippines, said that six decades of ODAs in the Philippines failed to address poverty and social inequality because they are carried out based on the agenda of donor countries, not on the genuine needs of the poor.

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Davao activists dismayed over Arroyo’s failure to address rising cost of food, fuel

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

Militant groups were dismayed over President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's move to strengthen her political party amidst the growing demands for more affordable food, lower prices of oil from the people.

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