It’s been bad news after bad news lately, but the banana industry, and we’re talking about the lowly workers and its beneficiaries here, have taken a more proactive campaign to defend their human rights to a quality life that majorly depends on their economic fate. Read more>>
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Help has Finally Arrived
SOS Movement (Save our Sagingan) has again appealed to the government to allow aerial spraying to continue in banana plantations in Mindanao.
“Unta makaabot sa taas kining among appeal,” says SOS chairman Reynante Bangoy as he and other banana farmers are pleading to different government agencies to hear their side before deciding to ban aerial spray which threatens to shut down the banana industry, the very backbone of Mindanao’s economy and the livelihood of thousands of workers. Read more>>
Banana Growers Hold Rally vs. Ban
By Roger M. Balanza, DURIANBURGDAVAO, durianpost.wordpress.com
The government agency regulating use of fertilizer and pesticides is backing aerial spraying and would support banana growers in Davao Region in opposing moves to ban the practice. Read more >>
Opposition to Ban Mounts
By Roger M. Balanza, DURIANBURGDAVAO, durianpost.wordpress.com
The flagship industry in the Davao Region would not only be the casualty if aerial spraying in banana plantations is banned. Read more >>