Progressive lawmakers today filed a house resolution to condemn the disregard of Philippine sovereignty by the Visiting Forces Agreement after the conviction of a US Marine over the killing of a Filipina transgender.
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The government’s social welfare department turned over 304 housing units in some areas in Davao Oriental province during the third year commemoration of typhoon Pablo (International name: Bopha) last Friday (Dec.4).
The Municipality of Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur has been cited as 2014 Regional Winner of the Rafael M. Salas Population and Development award for municipality category.
The militant group Gabriela said the Philippines has become a “more dangerous place” for members of the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender community after the court ruling on US marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton.
A partylist lawmaker said the proposed P2 power rate hike of the National Power Corporation will “dampen” the holiday season and vowed to block the said proposal.
Presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte warned anyone who shows discrimination in the city will be “arrested and humiliated.”
The Davao del Norte State College will establish an extension campus in Talaingod, Davao del Norte next year.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares on Friday led a picket protest in front of the Commission on Elections main office in Intramuros to denounce the Comelec Second Division’s decision disqualifying Sen.Grace Poe based on her residency.
Militant youth group Anakbayan said the government’s spending of over P31 billion for private schools to enroll thousands of students who could not be accommodated by public schools should instead be allocated to state colleges and universities.
The Davao Light and Power Corporation said the power supply situation in its franchise “remains to be very unstable”.
