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
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Avida Land adopted the 12-year old eagle ‘Avida,’ formerly named Princess Tupi because of her area of origin. The eagle was captured in Tupi, South Cotabato and had been in the foundation’s facility since 2005.
By JOHN RIZLE SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
RDEU, an affiliate of the militant National Federation of Labor Unions and Kilusang Mayo Uno, hailed the strike as pivotal to the resolution of the labor dispute saying that the “weight of workers’ strike (is) a valid and only option to defend the workers” interest, especially with the current “rampant wage freeze and wage hike moratorium among the yellow traditional labor unions.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
His mother, Cory Aquino, declared amnesty and unconditional release to all 441 political detainees during her term. Why can’t Pnoy do this? Is he going to forsake his mother’s legacy?” Fe Salino, Selda spokesperson
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“Sakit gyud. Dugay na kaming naningkamot aron molambo, among kusog pamuo ang gigamit, ang uban kinabuhi ang gihalad, apan ang EO 79 usa ka pagyatak kanamo” (It’s painful. We labored hard for a long time, others offered their lives. The EO 79 really violates our rights).” — Juanita Villosino, small-scale miner
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Davao is considered low in rice sufficiency level, with palay production lessened at an average of 3.5 percent yearly from 2005 to 2010. In contrast, production of Cavendish bananas increased to over 2.8 million metric tons with a growth rate of 14.3 percent in the last four years.
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.”
