“In Davao, trees are not enough to absorb the carbon emissions if the coal power plant in Davao will operate considering that 40 percent of carbon emissions are contributed by coal power plants.”
Mindanao officials are aiming this month for the Guinness world record for the most number of trees planted in a country simultaneously in one hour. But environment advocates deplore this “gimmick” for failing to address the island’s massive deforestation.
The removal of Davao City Police Director Senior Superintendent Vicente D. Danao, Jr. in the wake of complaints of physical assault by his wife was not what women’s group Gabriela want.
The mayor of a remote town in Davao del Norte heeded the appeal of a mission group to set a dialogue on September 5, this coming Friday, with an indigenous paramilitary group in his town.
Religious groups slammed the Department of Education after it removed the phrase “God-loving” in its 2013 vision statement.