Alma Mondragon of Alliance Against AIDS in Mindanao (ALAGAD) on Thursday said that the city needs P133 million budget to implement the program for awareness campaign and treatment of HIV-AIDS. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
‘Unsung heroines’ are these admirable women’s groups. Their lives have been transformed by the significant shift they made in their farming practice in the same breath that they have transformed the quality of the farm products they have heretofore produced.
Maria Lourdes D. Lim, National Economic Development Authority Regional Director (NEDA) and Regional Development Council Vice Chairperson, announces that the NEDA board has approved two priority projects for Davao region including the expansion and modernization of Francisco Bangoy International Airport and Sasa Wharf. The announcement was made during the Roadshow for Advocacies on the Updated Regional Development Plan hosted by NEDA Wednesday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
As of now, there are about 9, 216 cases of EVD recorded around the world with 4,555 casualties.
Two women, one of them three months pregnant, were allegedly held in custody by an Army unit without an arrest warrant in Davao Oriental late last night.
Farmers condemn killings and human rights violations allegedly perpetrated by state forces against their ranks today along San Pedro Street in Davao City as part of a nationwide protest in commemoration of the Peasant month. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Francis Muya laments over the arrest of his father Dominiciano, who he described as a good provider. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Although they welcomed the surrender of a former governor tagged in the killing of a local radio broadcaster, the National Union of Journalist in the Philippines Davao urged the public and the media to be “vigilant and cautious for a possible whitewash.”
A group of women under Gabriela Women’s Party-list gather along Freedom Park in Roxas Avenue Monday to collect signatures for a bill supporting the abolition of pork barrel and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) via People’s Initiative. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Professor Emeritus, Leonor M. Briones speaks before students and faculty of the Ateneo de Davao University Monday in a forum dubbed”NahuliDAP ang Pork”. Briones is a former National Treasurer of the Philippines. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
