The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has been blamed for the failure of the Kagan tribe to present an acceptable representative to the City Council, an NCIP executive said.
A city government official said he would asked City Hall authorities to increase the rent of night market stalls along Roxas Avenue here "to double the income of the city from the rent of these stalls".
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has ordered the release of three cops held captive by the New People's Army in Surigao del Norte today (Thursday).
No brownouts occurred during the weekends despite an earlier announcement by the city's sole electric distribution company of a two-hour rotational brownout from February 21 to March 2.
Various groups formed a local network to join the nationally coordinated “human chain” and march to Rizal Park on February 25, exactly one month after 44 police troops, 18 Moro fighters and seven civilians were killed in a botched military operation last month. The date was also notable as it coincided with the yearly celebration of the Edsa People Power uprising.