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Mothers, kids bewail high price of rice

Teresita Edir, a pushcart vendor in Agdao market, and her children join a recent march organized by the group Kadamay demanding the ouster of President Arroyo. Edir complains that her earnings could hardly buy a kilo of rice. "In Erap's time, we could buy rice at P10 a kilo," she recalls the time of former President Joseph Estrada. "Now, rice is P18 per kilo under Gloria! With a president like her, life only gets harder. She's corrupt and she has not done anything to alleviate the situation of poor." (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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Bombing in Baganga distressed children, violated their rights: group

?There are clear manifestations of uneasiness and tension in the children while they were sharing their experiences, particularly during the bombing.? This summed up the report of John Birondo, advocacy…

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