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OFWs WOES

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May 27, 2013

Alfred Bulasa (left), a worker in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is one of the thousands affected by the “Saudization” policy in the Middle East which required foreign workers to have working VISAs and EQAMAs (residence permits). Those who don’t have these were given three months to either go home or find another employer, otherwise, they will be imprisoned for a year and employers will be made to pay the penalties. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

AGRIBUSINESS SOLUTIONS

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May 24, 2013

“We want to contribute to the country’s inclusive growth and food security,” says Alfonso Salcedo Jr. (right), Executive Vice President…

JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE

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May 24, 2013

Hundreds of Lumads and peasants from Arakan town and Kidapawan City join the protest outside the Davao City’s Garden Oases…

PRIME SUSPECT

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May 24, 2013

Jimmy Ato (facing CHR officials), one of the prime suspects in the killing of Italian priest Fr. Fausto Tentorio, denies…

ODD JOB

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May 23, 2013

Ryan Lupas, 18 of New Matina Gravahan in Davao City earns PHP 150 a day from sifting sand for making…

STAR OF THE NIGHT

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May 23, 2013

The Wat Arun or the “Temple of Dawn” at the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand…

WATER CANNON

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May 22, 2013

Firefighters try to extinguish the fire that razed the 96-year old Davao Mental Hospital building Wednesday morning along the city’s…

SLOW GRIND OF JUSTICE

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May 22, 2013

Sympathizers of slain Italian priest Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio picket outside the Garden Oases Resort in Davao City where the Commission…

RECANTATION

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May 22, 2013

Dominador Mantangkil Damlayon (with his back to camera), one of the witnesses presented by Task Force Tentorio in 2012, tells…