Poverty

Filipinos end up paying more, instead of paying less, for ODAs

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

Sonny Africa, research head of Ibon Philippines, said that six decades of ODAs in the Philippines failed to address poverty and social inequality because they are carried out based on the agenda of donor countries, not on the genuine needs of the poor.

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Davao activists dismayed over Arroyo’s failure to address rising cost of food, fuel

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

Militant groups were dismayed over President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's move to strengthen her political party amidst the growing demands for more affordable food, lower prices of oil from the people.

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Duterte slams “God’s antiquated policy” on population

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte defended the revised Local Development Plan for Children (LDPC) against objections raised by the Catholic Church to the city's reproductive health and safe pregnancy program. "God's policy is antiquated and it cannot help the people who are reeling from poverty," Duterte said during his weekly television program ?Gikan sa Masa para sa Masa.?

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Soaring cost of rice makes life harder for Davao’s poor

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE
Davao Today

Families are having a hard time coping with the increasing price of rice amidst the reported local and global supply shortage.

A child dozes on her mother's shoulder while waiting for their turn to buy NFA rice in Agdao public market. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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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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