By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino called on Malacañang not to use EO 79 to force local government units “to water down their ordinances protecting the environment and communities from large-scale and destructive mining” in a press briefing here Saturday.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ & JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“It’s no use to expose other people’s rights being violated if we keep mum on our own rights being violated.” –Noemi Degala, a nun of the Society of the Missionary Sisters of Mary (SMSM)
By MICK M. BASA
Davao Today
The ban is stifling small traders with how they can make ends meet. Now they wonder whether the law is there to help the environment — or just to single out people who struggle to put food on their table by selling what they can at the wet market.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today
Demands for decent wages, according to the NUJP-Davao “cannot be put on hold, especially not with RMN doing good business, raking in huge profits.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“My sympathy is with them. They are doing the right thing. Their action should awaken the management.” — Edgar Ibuyan, chairman of the City Council’s committee on labor and employment
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“We have no choice but to strive hard to continue to survive. But because the threat of demolition is always there, we have to be on our toes all the time.” Penny Panungkad, resident, Soliman, Agdao
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“The EO is not a policy shift but a fine-tuning of the widely opposed RA 7942 which perpetuates the highly extractive, export-oriented and foreign-controlled mining industry” — Juland Suazo, Panalipdan spokesperson.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“What we’ve asked was very modest, and yet the management was too stingy to give in to the employees’ rightful demands,” Rey Hernan Fabe, President, RMN Davao Employees Union
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
Plane fare costs are prohibitive for most Filipinos, even as industry leaders enjoy relatively high profits. Cebu Pacific profited PHP 962 Million (USD 23M) in the first quarter of this year, while Philippine Airlines’ total revenue is PHP 16 Billion (USD 386M) as of the last quarter of 2011.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“We’re asking the local government, especially the Mayor (Sara Duterte), to force these residents to vacate the area because it’s a danger zone,”– Brgy. Capt. Robert Olanolan, Bucana, Davao City
