The words painted on the staircase at the Silingan coffee shop make it clear that this place is about much more than just serving lattes and fruit smoothies. "It's not a war on illegal drugs. It's an illegal war on drugs," the sign says. Silingan means neighbor. Most of the workers at this cafe near…
Served along with the lattes are personal stories from the staff, who are relatives of those who died in some of the thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.
MANILA - Four agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, engaged in rubber tree farming, received bags and sacks of fertilizers and herbicides, amounting to PHP2.8 million to boost their production. The ARBOs include Timbabauan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (TIMARBENCO) in Timbabauan, Tungawan; Silingan Rubber Farmers Association (SIRFA) in Silingan, R.T Lim; Tambanan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (TARBENCO) in Tambanan, Naga and Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO) in Goodyear, Kabasalan. In a statement on Thursday, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Mohammad Dassan Adju said the fertilizers and herbicides would spur rubber production in the province. "The DAR is not just about giving lands to landless farmers, we also provide support services to uplift the economic lives of our agrarian reform beneficiaries," he said. Adju added that the fertilizers and h