The Bagobo-Tagabawas, a tribe in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, fear not only their displacement if an Aboitiz-owned power company succeeded in building a power plant in Tudaya. Ultimately, their leaders say, the children will pay the price. Text and photos by Davao Today?s Germelina A. Lacorte.
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Fernando Alia at the Davao Medical Center, the last of the Alia boys. (davaotoday.com photo by Cheryll D. Fiel)
Last week, Fernando Alia was near his home when somebody plunged an ice pick twice in his back. Although he survived, he doesn?t feel a bit lucky. Three other brothers had been stabbed to death in and around the Bankerohan public market, where butchers not only kill livestock. Their mother, Clarita Alia, is at her wit?s end dealing with these tragedies. Worse, they blame her for their misfortunes. Davao Today?s Cheryll D. Fiel reports.
By Carlos H. Conde
Clarita Alia lost three of her children to the Davao Death Squad. Her youngest is fighting for his life.The voice on the other end was trembling. ?Sir, I really need your help.? The voice ? soft, slightly stuttering, but harrowingly sad ? was one of the most heart-rending I?ve ever heard. ?My son has been stabbed,? the woman said, weeping now. ?We?re now at the DMC (Davao Medical Center) and we have no money for medicine, for food. Please have mercy on us.?
For the second year, Davao City won the Green Banner Award, one of the prestigious and outstanding awards given to a local government unit, city or municipality of the region because of its relentless campaign in promoting and implementing its nutrition program.
These streetchildren in Davao City couldn't contain their glee as they partake of a meal of leftovers given to them by a stranger Sunday morning. According to a survey by…
