SunStar + April 07, 2021 LABOR group United Pantaron Banana Workers Union (UPBWU) on April 6 filed a petition for a P100 daily wage increase for agricultural and non-agricultural workers in the region. “Angayan ra ang paghatag og usbaw sa suholan karon tungod grabe ang pagsaka sa presyo sa mga palaliton sugod niadtong Disyembre 2020 nga dili na makapaigo ang kasamtangang minimum nga suholan namong mga trabahante (There is a need for a wage increase because the prices of the commodities rapidly increased beginning last December 2020 that the current minimum wage is not enough),” UPBWU president Jay Panague. The Philippine Statistics Authority in Davao Region reported that inflation in Davao Region accelerated to 2.7 percent in February from 1.9 percent in January. The agency reported that "this is the highest inflation reported since June 2019."