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