Compostela Valley banana plantations close; hundreds of ‘Pablo’ victims jobless
By Germelina Lacorte
Surviving victims of typhoon Pablo here face a bleak new year as the massive devastation also ripped their jobs away.
Surviving victims of typhoon Pablo here face a bleak new year as the massive devastation also ripped their jobs away.
Banana-exporting companies stopped sending their produce to China even as Malacañang said on Tuesday that China has allowed the entry of up to 40 container vans of Philippine bananas.
Groups campaigning against aerial spraying are calling on President Benigno Aquino to issue an executive order banning crop dusters nationwide and urging the Supreme Court to uphold the legality of the ban in the city.
Marino Lactao woke up one morning in October to find dozens of his banana plants wilted. The 56-year-old farmer from Panabo City soon found he was not alone. Other farmers in Panabo City, also contract growers for an export firm, found their plants wilted, too.
