A migrant group here ?has urged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to strengthen the protection mechanism of the migrants and their families instead of creating a policy that would prohibit mothers to leave young children to designated guardians while working abroad.
Heavily indebted farmers from various villages in Davao del Sur province trooped to the municipal government hall last week to demand support from local officials to raise the prices of their farm products.
A few months after returning to their communities from evacuation the Ata-Manobos who have returned to their communities in Talaingod, Davao Del Norte province are rebuilding their homes and way of life.
A group here said Thursday that the fight of eliminating discrimination to people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome remains high as cases in Davao region stand at 2,266 since 1984.
Lumad Manobo datus here have stayed resilient, 23 years later after their founding, with a dialogue Wednesday with no less than their usual nemesis: army soldiers who have vilified and accused them of rebels.