The Department of Agriculture reported Monday that the estimated cost of damages and losses to agriculture and fisheries due to Typhoon Lando have reached P8.451 billion in Regions I, II, III, IV-A and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
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The General Government (GG) debt stands at P4.7 trillion as of June this year with a 4.1% increase from P4.5 trillion recorded in the same period last year.
A mural depicting three Lumad leaders killed in Lianga town, Surigao del Sur was unveiled during the human rights caravan, Manilakbayan in Bonifacio Shrine in Manila.
More than 70 indigenous organizations from across Asia urged President Benigno Aquino III to put an end to killings of and other abuses against Lumads of Mindanao.
The Social Security Commission, the policy-making body of the Social Security System (SSS) has approved the grant of a calamity relief package for SSS members and pensioners affected by Typhoon Lando for calamity areas declared by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
The National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) in Compostela Valley reminded the developers that “any development to be undertaken in the ancestral domain, may it be initiated by the government or private sector, must secure free and prior informed consent (FPIC).”
The provincial government of Davao del Norte hosted earlier today Press Freedom Month celebration participated by different local media with a theme “Katungod ug Respeto Ipatigbabaw sa Malahutayong Pamahayag”.
Bayan Muna Partylist Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate today called on the Aquino administration to dismantle paramilitary groups “that in recent months gravely affected the indigenous peoples.”
DAVAO CITY — The New People’s Army on Saturday admitted on the killing of Ricardo Sulhayan last October 7 in…
The Department of Public Works and Highways has warned against bogus solicitations using its name and clarified that they are “not demanding its contractors, consultants and suppliers to provide monetary or material donations for a relief project in Maguindanao.”
