Typhoon Pablo in retrospect
The story of 2012 was the fury of Typhoon Pablo (International name Bopha), a category 5 storm that left 1,043 dead and 800 more missing, destroyed P26-billion worth of agricultural…
5.7 quake jolts Davao Oriental, eastern parts of Mindanao
by DAVAO TODAY DAVAO CITY -- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake with an epicenter in Southeast of Davao Oriental jolted Mati and other areas in Davao Region, Agusan del Sur and…
LOGS, EVERYWHERE. Thousands of logs are stored in Baganga town’s port area where the lumber company Baganga Plywood Corporation is also located. Edgar Ladjao, a local of Davao Oriental, said logging has not stopped in the province despite the total log ban ordered by President Noynoy Aquino in February 2011. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
Logging rampant in Davao Oriental a year after Pablo
“Based on the study of Dr. Rodel Lasco and Dr. Florencia Pulhin, government’s reforestation only delivered 30% survival rate even though more than US $ 570 million has been spent on reforestation since 1970s until today,” Juland Suazo (of Panalipdan Southern Mindanao) said. “It is more of a failure than a success that the government never learned.”
Leaders of Lizada urban poor settlers in a press conference.
Revived 30-year old demolition order surprises Lizada settlers
This was not the first time that the Lizada community were threatened to vacate the area. Erlinda Arsadon, who has lived here for 71 years, recalled joining barricades during 1966 to stop the demolition of their houses. Arsadon said there have been many businessmen who had vied for their land but they held firm that this land is a public land.
Ateneo de Davao Dean Fr. Daniel Mc Namara
Ateneo de Davao pushes climate change awareness, but dean okays coal energy
While this campaign points out coal energy as a major threat to climate and the abrupt change in weather, the university’s Dean of Arts and Sciences and astrophysicist, Fr. Dan Mc Namara, however, considers coal-fired power plant “okay” for the “short term” to meet the city’s power demand.