Read more about the article To protect Paradise Reef, family files TRO vs Davao-Samal bridge project
Island Garden City of Samal (Photo from Wikimedia Commons/Michael Peligro)

To protect Paradise Reef, family files TRO vs Davao-Samal bridge project

A family of pioneering investors in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the P23-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project.

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Read more about the article Displaced by road project, Davao vendors appeal for relocation
TUTTI FRUTTI. These yummy fruits in Davao City’s Agdao public market are certainly delicious, nutritious and could fill our hungry stomachs -- a good way to observe the country’s nutrition month with this year’s theme: Gutom at malnutrisyon, sama-sama nating wakasan! The celebration aims to “increase awareness on hunger issues and actions to mitigate hunger and malnutrition; encourage stakeholders to contribute in addressing hunger issues; and to advocate for stronger political action to end hunger.” (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Displaced by road project, Davao vendors appeal for relocation

More than 150 sidewalk vendors near the newly developed three-story structure of the Agdao Public Market have appealed to the local government for relocation after being barred from selling in the area since Holy Week.

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Read more about the article Architect’s rape-murder shakes up Davao’s image as peaceful city
CCTV footage shows that the victim was last seen boarding a yellow tricycle at Crossing Fausta, Calinan District.

Architect’s rape-murder shakes up Davao’s image as peaceful city

Twenty-eight-year-old architect-engineer Vlanche Marie Bragas was found dead on Wednesday, May 17, in a banana plantation in Calinan.

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Read more about the article Union worker’s death pinned on military harassment
Trade unionist Susano Echavez Labora (Photo courtesy of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan - Southern Mindanao)

Union worker’s death pinned on military harassment

A labor union and community organizer in Davao died of a stroke in which his family blames army personnel who had interrogated and coerced him two days prior that triggered his stroke.

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