Seven suspects of the September 2016 Roxas Night Market bombing were convicted by the Taguig Regional Trial Court for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Author Archives: KATH M. CORTEZ
Neraya (not her real name) has to travel with her 12-year old daughter from Hagonoy, Davao del Sur to Davao City twice a month to treat her lupus through kidney dialysis and steroid medication in the government-ran Southern Philippine Medical Center.
Jay Ann still holds a slight hope that Regie and the other 36 crew members might still be alive. But they realized they had to unite and find ways to push agencies and officials to act to search for their loved ones
A United Nations body made changes in their position on the Ampatuan massacred case from “resolved” to “ongoing/unresolved” following appeals of the family of the media victims and media organizations.
City councilors here grilled the Philippine Long Distance Telephone representative invited in the council session Tuesday to discuss the poor connectivity and services provided to subscribers in the city.
Progressive groups stage protest actions in different areas in Davao City on the 48th anniversary of Marcos’ Martial Law, criticizing Duterte’s Anti-Terror Law as a draconian measure. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
A councilor in the third district of this city is calling for a sustainable potable water system in majority of his district which has no access to potable water.
The city government’s formation of a task group to monitor quarry operations in the city is long overdue, says an environment group which has raised concern on 80 quarrying sites in the city.
The Davao City Government is eyeing the use of Quick Response (QR) Code to improve contact tracing and health-related information in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two barangay officials in Davao City were arrested with 27 others for holding a cockfight last Sunday, which was illegal and this dismayed Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.
