An environmental group expressed dismay on the decision of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau for reversing the mining reforms implemented by former environment secretary Gina Lopez, a day after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte concluded his first year as the country’s chief executive.
MILF Ad Hoc Joint Action Group Chairman Atty. Abdul Dataya and Government of the Philippines-AHJAG Chairman Police Chief Supt. Pierre R. Bucsit exchange their signed protocol of cooperation on anti-illegal drug operations and related activities in MILF areas. (More…) (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has compared the New People’s Army, the armed-wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, to that of the Islamic State, saying the former are revolutionaries with objectives unlike the latter that is “dedicated to the destruction of mankind.”
