December 2006

Davao pesticide poisoning to expand and increase with JPEPA!

News Release
December 1, 2006

“Davao pesticide poisoning to expand and increase with JPEPA!”-KMP and APC

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) lambasted the Tagum Agricultural Development Company, Inc. (Tadeco) in Mindano, Philippines for causing the pesticide poisoning of at least 79 people, mostly school children at that, from Tanglaw Elementary school in Braulio Dujali town in Davao del Norte.

Reference: 

Danilo Ramos, secretary general, KMP and APC