Davao wants 70% tax share in coal plant
City hall officials are seeking a 70% share in the taxes for the Aboitiz owned 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant.
RMN-DAVAO ON STRIKE. Union members of radio station Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) Davao staged a strike starting Thursday October 2 due to the neglect of management to strike a new collective bargaining agreement and repeated harassment of members. (Ace R. Morandante, davaotoday.com)
Manila-based militant groups to rally vs RMN
Labor groups under the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) will hold a protest action in front of the national office of the Radio Mindanao Network tomorrow " to show support for its striking workers" here in the city.
Groups cry for justice, push for turnover of US marine tagged in transgender slay to PH authorities
Various sectoral organizations are now pushing for the turn-over of Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US Navy man implicated in the killing of a transgender last Saturday to the Philippine authorities.
NPAs launch offensives vs. military over killing of farmers
The New People’s Army (NPA) launched anew successive tactical offensives in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental to afford “revolutionary justice for the victims of military fascism.”
SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF PROSTITUTION URGED
Jeanette Ampog, executive director of the non-government organization Talikala, urged the government to provide social services and livelihood suited for survivors of prostitution in Davao. Talikala announced in Monday's Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City-Annex that they will join other groups in holding the International Day of No Prostitution on October 5, 2013. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Poor girls sleep while ignoring illness- research
Poor girl children stay at home at take a rest instead of buying medicines, says a research by women and children advocate Talikala Incorporated.