Today’s View: This Land is Mine

By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today

The political gods and landlords and other would-be gods of this society that subject the vast majority of the Filipino people to penury to be third class citizens of this country are the ones privileged to sing to the high heavens their hearts bursting with greed and profiteering schemes This land is mine, God gave this land to me.

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Mindanao cacao stakeholders push for price control, increased production

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

The players in the cacao industry have targeted to produce one Million metric tons of cacao by 2014.  Currently, the target falls short with the country producing only 20,000 MT out of the 130,000 to 150,000 MT target.  The country needs to plant cacao to about 130,000 hectares to reach the target.

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Read more about the article Flashfloods, landslides threaten Mindanao areas as “Dante” intensifies
Pagasa said as of 4 PM Saturday, the center of “Dante’” was estimated at 730 Kilometers Northeast of Casiguran in Aurora. It has a maximum sustained winds of 55 Kph near the center and is expected to move Northeast at 11 Kph.

Flashfloods, landslides threaten Mindanao areas as “Dante” intensifies

By DAVAO TODAY
Davao Today

Pagasa said the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao and Caraga, as well as Mimaropa and Visayas, will experience cloudy skies with moderate to occasionally heavy rains and thunderstorms, “which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.”

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Pagasa warns of flashfloods, landslides in Mindanao areas

By DAVAO TODAY
Davao Today

In its advisory at 2:55 PM, Pagasa noted the target areas which are the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Bukidnon, Agusan Del Norte, Surigao Del Sur, Sultan Kudarat and the typhoon Pablo-hit Compostella Valley.

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Today’s View: Where my home is

By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today

My linguistic homecoming has made a remarkable impact on my growth as a celebrator of Lumad literature.  It couldn’t be otherwise.  The noble expression and stories of Mindanao’s Lumad peoples can only be written and told in the language most akin to their experiences and reality. 

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