As Japan’s reigning monarch makes a state visit to Philippines this week, activists here think it is time for the country to apologize for the brutalities its soldiers committed in the Philippines during World War II.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
A party list lawmaker who filed a bill making election service non-compulsory to public teachers is urging President Benigno Aquino III to sign the measure as soon as possible, with local and national polls taking place this year.
Norma Javellana, spokesperson of the Save Shrine Hills Advocates says the Comprehensive Land Use plan of 2013-2022 violated the procedures of amending zoning ordinances. Her group was not invited during the public hearings conducted last year. Also, she claims that the ordinance puts the city’s green spaces under threat. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)