The City Council approved an ordinance that bans illegal items to be brought in jails and detention centers.
Author Archives: KATH M. CORTEZ
An incoming Grade 3 student receives school supplies from the local government of Davao City after he queued along with other parents and children to ask for assistance at the City Mayor’s office on Thursday morning, May 31, 2018. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
The City Building Office here awaits a copy of the Supreme Court decision regarding the promulgation of Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Evasco Jr, and Avisado versus Davao Billboard and Signmakers Association (DABASA), Incorporated.
Vice Mayor Bernard Al-ag expressed concern over the long-overdue decision on the installation of the city’s new Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR).
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has ordered environment officials to closely monitor illegal operations of sand and gravel quarry operation.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in region 11 said the selected Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) lacks the mandatory genealogical qualification and cannot be installed into office.
Protest actions were launched in key cities of Mindanao to mark the first year of Marawi siege and the declaration of Martial Law in the island through Proclamation 216.
A year after the City of Marawi was ruined by war, displaced residents continued to lament over their plight.
One year after the Proclamation 216 was signed declaring the suspension of habeas corpus and the implementation of Martial Law in Mindanao, human rights group rounded up numerous cases of abuses.
The Department of Health in Region 11 has emphasized the need for children to undergo anti-measles vaccination after 39 patients died of the viral disease from November 2017 to May 2018.
