THE DAVAO CITY COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-SMOKING ORDINANCE

 

ORDINANCE NO. 043-02
Series of 2002
Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Davao, in session assembled that:
SECTION 1.  TITLE. – Be it ordained that this Ordinance shall be known as, “ THE COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-SMOKING ORDINANCE OF DAVAO CITY “;
SECTION 2.  COVERAGE. – It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or [...]

Town mayors reject ban on aerial spraying

 

Mayor Calida says Camocaan folk feel vindicated by rejection by peer reviews of DOH-funded health study in their sitio.
Mayor Maximo Estela of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte is opposed to a move to ban the practice of aerial spraying in banana plantation, claiming it is the only effective way of stopping the deadly sigatoka disease [...]

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DOH-COMMISSIONED STUDY ON AERIAL SPRAYING

 A 10-POINT REBUTTAL OF THE LIES PEDDLED AGAINST THE BANANA INDUSTRY
    1.  The study methodology is not clearly described in the report. 
    In particular the randomization method, sampling of environmental samples and methods of pesticide residue analysis, need to be clearly described in order for us to appreciate the results better.
 
    Statistical randomization must balance [...]

AERIAL SPRAY CRITICS STEP UP DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN

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Duque should look into irresponsible reporting on aerial spray
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should take time out from other pressing health concerns to look into how critics of aerial spraying in banana plantations are using underhanded tactics to misinform the public.
 
In Davao City, the center of information of banana-growing Davao Region, a [...]

Davao del Sur up in arms vs. aerial spray ban

“POISONED” VILLAGERS TO DOH:
NO TO AERIAL SPRAY BAN

Residents of Sitio Camocaan, Barangay Aplaya in Hagonoy town of Davao del Sur  called on the Department of Health to reconsider their call for a stop to aerial spraying of fungicide in view of its serious repercussions to the banana industry and to their livelihood.
    The community appeal [...]

DOH’S STUDY TEAM DENIES TIE-UP

    The Department of Health team under Dr. Allan Dionisio of the UP Poison Management and Control Center strongly denied suggestions that they undertook a health and environmental assessment of Sitio Camocaan in Hagonoy, Davao del Sur at the behest of the Pesticide Action Network of Dr. Romeo Quijano.
    Quijano’s reports of sick and dying [...]

DOH-study on aerial spraying questioned

UP approves peer review
AUTHORITIES of the University of the Philippines in Manila have given the go-signal to subject to critical peer review the controversial health assessment of sitio Camocaan in Barangay Aplaya in the municipality of Hagonoy, Davao del Sur.
 
The study, commissioned by the Department of Health three years ago, was roundly criticized by [...]