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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Philippines)
| A lumad farmer in Sibulan unloads a bale of abaca he brought down from his farmlands uphill. Residents of Barangay Sibulan in Toril District, Davao City, mostly Tagabawa natives, rely on agriculture as their main source of income. (Sun.Star Davao/Stella A. Estremera) |
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DAVAO City, despite its efforts to provide accessibility to all sectors, remains to be unfriendly to persons with disability and the Accessibility Law of 1983, after more than 20 years of implementation, has yet to be felt.
According to Armando Amancio, council member of the National Anti-Poverty Commission, the city remains to be inaccessible to persons with disability. He said the lack or absence of drop off ramps in the city's main thoroughfares is one example.
Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007 Coverage
View here the list of local winners
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Land surveys, applications for titles burned in fire
HUNDREDS of land surveys and applications for land titles in the province of Davao del Norte were burned to ashes in the dawn fire that razed the Provincial-City Environment and Natural Resources Office in Tagum City last July 8.
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Human traffickers rarely punished
ONLY eight convictions or two convictions per year of the 200 cases filed in violation of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act were reported since the law was enacted four years ago
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Rody's surgery set in September
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is not going to the United States to undergo treatment for a shoulder injury; instead, a US-based surgeon is coming over in September to operate on him.
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