Anti-aerial spray groups in scare tactics vs. CA judges

After gifting with rotten bananas the Court of Appeals justices who issued an injunction against a Davao City ordinance banning aerial spraying in banana plantations in Davao City, environmentalist groups have resorted to another dirty tactic against the justices.
We hope the justices would be the last persons to go blind due to exposure from [...]

ANTI-AERIAL SPRAY GROUPS HOLD CARAVAN

 After conducting noisy pickets at the Court of Appeals in Cagayan de Oro City and shaming the Justices by gifting them with rotten bananas, groups opposing aeiral spraying in banana plantations have adopted a new trick to gain public sympthy.
The Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (Maas) and a dozen hundreds supporters from Davao City, Bukidnon [...]

Warning vs. aerial spray ban now taking toll on Davao banana industry

Banana growing company terminates 200 workers
The Department of Trade (DTI) warning about how a Davao City ordinance banning aerial spraying in banana plantations could kill the industry is now slowly starting to rear its ugly head.
Late last month, the giant banana growing company Lapanday Development Corporation (Ladeco) issued walking papers to 200 banana workers, the [...]

HOW TO RAISE A FAMILY OF TWELVE WITH BANANAS

You do not talk to Moises Torrentira, Sr. about aerial spraying in Cavendish banana plantations killing people or sending them to hospitals for respiratory diseases due to exposure from fungicides.            If you do that he would engage you in a debate and present himself, his wife and eleven children as Exhibit No. 1 to dispute [...]

P1 million bond needed to fly planes back

Banana farms to
resume aerial spraying
After winning the first round of a protracted legal battle at the Court of Appeals, banana plantations are expected soon to return to aerial spraying of fungicides on export Cavendish bananas.
Once we deposit a bond, we planes will start flying, said Anthony Sasin, spokesman and director of the Pilipino Banana Growers [...]

PBGEA slams NGOs for contempt on CA ruling

The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) lashed at the holding of a rally by NGOs outside its office in Davao City yesterday, saying the contemptous act was meant “to exert pressure on the Court of Appeals.”
A dozen members of the Interface Development Initiatives (IDIS) and the Mamamayang Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (MAAS) [...]

Impact of ban on aerial spray yet to be assessed

QUO VADIS
banana industry?
By Roger M. Balanza
Despite the ban of aerial spraying of fungicides in banana plantations, the issue of its impact—both in terms of export earnings and livelihood—remain a subject discussion.
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