By IRENE V. DAGUDOG Davao Today “Gihisgotan sa Phillippine Development Forum (PDF) kung paunsa pa palig-onon ang pagbaligya sa atoang mga nasudnong bahandi pinaagi sa Public-Private Partnership (PPP),” said Sheena Duazo, of Bayan-Southern Mindanao, one of the groups which held a rally outside the Marco Polo Hotel during the first day of the gathering.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “What resilient economic growth?” Gabriela Women’s group reacted to Department of Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad’s opening statement at the forum which described the economic growth under Aquino’s watch as “stellar and resilient.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “Kamong tanan nga konektado niya, dili na ta magbinolahay. Kabalo mo nga kamo akong ginatunong. Who has had, or who had had dealings with (Balingit). Tagaan ta mo’g 24 oras. Makita ta mo sa Davao, mosuroy ko. Sorry na lang. Ayaw kog mahaya.” – Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
By IRENE V. DAGUDOG Davao Today In his visit to a flood-stricken village here, February 1, Duterte told residents that the US is the biggest emitter of carbon gases which destroys the earth’s atmosphere. This as he criticized the latter for not signing the Kyoto Protocol, seven years ago in Kyoto, Japan.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today The Italian government granted the country’s PHP 2.5 Billion-worth of soft loan with 0.15 percent interest per annum to develop the 35 agrarian reform communities not only in the ARMM but also in the Soccsksargen region covering 53,000 households and 31,500 agrarian reform beneficiaries.