By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today increases workers' susceptibility to sexually-transmitted diseases, including HIV by fuelling stigma and discrimination, limiting access to sexual health services, condoms and harm reduction services; and adversely affecting the self esteem of sex workers and their ability to make informed choices about their health.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Bayan Muna Party-list Representative Teddy Casiño said the root cause of Mindanao’s power crisis is “the government’s neglect of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower systems due to the policy of privatization."
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Fr. Geremia, who personally knew Juvy Capion, questioned the apparent apathy of President Benigno Aquino III, who did nothing to stop the killings of lumads, saying, “If you order or allow the military to kill people like Juvy and her children, haven’t you lost your legitimacy? You may find words to justify your rules of engagement, but you cannot justify this crime before God and your people.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Kung titingnan natin, mga marginalized ang mga member-consumers ng electric cooperatives, hindi mayayaman ang nakararami sa kanila lalo na sa mga barangays at sitios”, (If we look at it, member-consumers of electric cooperatives are marginalized, majority of them are not rich especially those residing in the barangays and sub-villages), Apec Representative Ponciano Payuyo said.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today A copy of the proposed resolution obtained by davaotoday.com shows that the call for the pull-out of troops “will place the right of civilians to peace and security over and above any military operations.”