By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Posts by tag: Poverty
Usurious schemes and failure of the government to support farmers bury them in a vicious debt cycle. Farmers are left fending for themselves.
With the number of mining firms under exploration concessions, gold, nickel and copper in the rocky mountains of Davao region continue to be up for grabs. But government earnings from the excise taxes paid by mining firms are small.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Thousands of OFWs end up as victims, and get only puny support from the Philippine government.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Visiting college students plant rice in a contested lot in Barangay Maa, this city. Claimed by the powerful Villa Abrilles to be used for a high-end subdivision, the lot is being fought for by Nanay Silay and other urban poor residents in the area. The Villa-Abrilles forcibly evicted residents, destroyed plants and dumped landfill in the 11-hectare land last year. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Ordinary folks say deteriorating incomes and high prices of basic commodities overshadow the bright prospects for the New Year.
