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Read more about the article Family asks banana firm to release son held incommunicado
Photo of Allan Redubla (courtesy of Karapatan)

Family asks banana firm to release son held incommunicado

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today

The Rotto Fresh International Traders, a Cavendish banana plantation company in Compostela, Compostela Valley allegedly detained Redubla on suspicion that he helped New People’s Army guerillas in burning the company’s backhoe last July 13.

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Read more about the article Unemployment harder for women but all workers suffering under PNoy’s watch
WOMAN POWER. Racquel Gallemba (left), a field worker at a palm oil plantation in Agusan Sur, has been working since she was a child. As a mother, she divides a can of sardines into two meals in order to make ends meet and feed her family of four. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Unemployment harder for women but all workers suffering under PNoy’s watch

High unemployment rates are especially higher on women because they are seen as a mere "secondary labor force."  Marginalization of women workers is the reason why they are forced to take high risk jobs like becoming domestic helpers even in war-torn countries.

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