Netizens parry Aquino’s pork abolition pitch: ‘SEBO’, ‘HOLDAF’, ‘GOLAY’, ‘LIEMPO’

President Aquino III’s announcement Friday that “it is time to abolish PDAF” or the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) spurred epicurean invectives from journalists, activists and academe all over social media. They’d rather call it by other edibles.

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Envi planners discuss ‘green sustainable communities’ but misses out on coal

Some 100 “environment planners” all over the country held a two-day conference here since Friday to discuss ways to create “green and sustainable communities” vis-à-vis urban development in Mindanao.

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Communist guerillas sing the Internationale during the NPA anniversary celebration last March in Compostela Valley province. (davaotoday.com file photo by Ace R. Morandante)

NPA captures army soldier, stages blast in Comval military headquarters

The New People's Army claimed they attacked an army headquarters in Mabini, Compostela Valley last August 5 killing six AFP troops and wounding five others.

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ADVOCATES AGAINST GMO Dr. Chito Medina of farmers support network MASIPAG (left) and Atty. Lee Aurelo of Third World Network (center) call for local and national laws to stop genetic-modified crops in the country for its negative effects on health, income and organic crops. They were resource persons in a forum last Thursday at Lispher Inn with City Councilors to discuss the banning of GMOs. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Law on Golden Rice ban urged

Non-government organizations supporting organic food and farms want local and national laws to ban genetically-modified crops such as the controversial Golden Rice for its detrimental effect to health and farmers’ income.

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