Across Mindanao, Lumad vs. Lumad as firms gobble up tribal land
Although blessed with abundant and clean water, Davao’s residents should be prepared for the possibility that their city will suffer from inadequate supply, knowing how the watersheds of the city are slowly being encroached into by plantations that use environmentally hazardous chemicals.
DAVAO CITY — “Puno ng Buhay sa Ilog na Buhay.” The Davao Association of Colleges and Schools (DACS) prepares and…
In a privilege speech, Councilor Pilar Braga touted the 12-seater electric vehicle “as the next Philippine transport icon.” The e-jeepneys, she said, “are aimed to demonstrate that there are climate-friendly alternatives to the current polluting modes of public transportation in the Philippines. Aside from its non-pollutive effect, it is also very economical and very good for the owners and drivers as it will increase their income compared to the use of diesel/gas.”
DAVAO CITY — Two motions asking the court to reconsider its decision that granted the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters…
Five people were killed in a landslide in the gold-rush site Diwalwal, in Compostela Valley, police said Tuesday. One of the fatalities was a pregnant women; three other people were injured. The landslide occurred late Monday after a week of heavy rains, damaging three shanties and burying four small-scale miners and a miner’s wife who was five months pregnant, the Associated Press reported.
DAVAO CITY — The Environmental Management Bureau in collaboration with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc., Philippine…
Greenpeace demands immediate market withdrawal, moratorium on GMO approvals MANILA — Another genetically-modified (GM) corn variety, approved for food, feed,…
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE
The Regional Trial Court suspended for three months the city ordinance that is supposed to take effect tomorrow, June 23. The Davao City residents who claimed to have been affected by the chemicals sprayed from the air by banana companies denounced the decision. Our agony will be prolonged, said one of them.
We have the best talents in Davao as far as adventure and kayak racing is concerned, said Rey Sumagaysay, head of a mountaineering federation in Mindanao who also runs an outfit called EDGE Outdoors Adventure, the group that teaches and provides the skills and equipment for mountaineering.
