Disabled persons decry non-compliance of Magna Carta

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Section 32 Chapter 8 of RA 9442 states that PWDs are entitled to “20% discount from all establishments relative to the utilization of all services in hotels and similar lodging establishments; restaurants and recreation centers for the exclusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability.”

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Hospital privatization or corporatization, what’s in a name?

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today “If you ask the health department--because we had a dialog--the DOH admitted that is the same – corporatization is actually privatization. Right now, there are some aspects that are already privatized. If you corporatize, that means wholesale privatization.”—Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Partylist

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