PHA-Exchange> Davao City bans aerial spraying

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From: "Romeo Quijano" <romyquij at yahoo.com>
>    
>   A good news for the new year!
>    
>   Today, the Sangguniang Panglunsod of Davao City
> passed on second reading the ordinance banning
> aerial spraying as an agricultural practice in the
> entire jurisdiction of the City and giving banana
> plantations only three (3) months to phase out the
> practice and shift to ground spray.
>    
>   This caps an intense and phenomenal nine (9) month
> campaign led by the Mamamayang Ayaw sa Aerial
> Spraying, a coalition of affected residents and
> support groups.  
>    
>   The ordinance still needs to be passed on third
> reading (ministerial na lang), signed by the Mayor,
> published in the newspaper and of course
> implemented.  And we are not discounting possible
> actions of the banana plantations to block the
> implementation.  Still, it looks like we've
> surpassed a major hurdle with the adoption in second
> reading of the ordinance.
>    
>   Aerial spraying is a firmly entrenched 30-year
> practice of big, moneyed and unscrupulous multi
> national banana companies.  But through concerted people's action, it
> is banned!
>    
>   This is a victory for people's right to life,
> health and a healthy environment.  
>