Anakpawis party-list today scored the Aquino government for letting the public bear the brunt of the APEC security measures that resulted to major commuters being stuck in traffic gridlock for hours and were forced to walk kilometers long to go to work.
Some 800 chosen indigenous peoples (IP) participants from various communities in Mindanao will gather in Tagum City on November 18-19 for the Mindanao-wide CADT (Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title) Holders Forum and IP Leaders Coalition Reflection Session.
A number of urban poor communities and urban poor groups in different cities in Metro Manila will stage a 2-hour long noise barrage to condemn the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation on Wednesday.
A government official said the Philippines can expect the participation of all 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in the leaders' meeting even amid the terror attacks in Paris.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte expressed less enthusiasm on the arrest of an alleged suspect implicated in the bombing incident at the gate of the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal on February 14, 2005.