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Read more about the article DANECO consumers to protest privatization scheme on Monday’s SONA
COMING TOGETHER. More or less 8,000 members of the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (DANECO) attended their second special assembly held last Sunday in Tagum City. Among the guest speakers on the occasion was Bayan Muna Partylist Representative Teddy Casino. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

DANECO consumers to protest privatization scheme on Monday’s SONA

The Save Daneco Movement (SADAMO) said they are mobilizing 1,000 members to oppose a law signed by President Benigno Aquino III that allows the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to take over DANECO and paves the way for the latter’s privatization.

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Read more about the article Groups want Aquino’s SONA to tackle human rights, economic justice

Groups want Aquino’s SONA to tackle human rights, economic justice

In separate statements, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Conference on Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (ICCHRP) called Aquino to act on extrajudicial killings, and abuses brought by mining and militarization in communities.

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Read more about the article Family asks banana firm to release son held incommunicado
Photo of Allan Redubla (courtesy of Karapatan)

Family asks banana firm to release son held incommunicado

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today

The Rotto Fresh International Traders, a Cavendish banana plantation company in Compostela, Compostela Valley allegedly detained Redubla on suspicion that he helped New People’s Army guerillas in burning the company’s backhoe last July 13.

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Read more about the article Eye in the Sky vs. illegal logging
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)

Eye in the Sky vs. illegal logging

Can drones or the eye in the sky help save our dwindling forests?

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