Majority floor leader Councilor Bernard Al-ag looks at the pictures of Darrell Dean Blatchley, an American bone collector and firefighter who led a team in fighting the fire that razed Mt. Apo on March of this year. Blatchley was commended by the 18th City Council through a resolution filed by Councilor Pilar Braga on September 20, Tuesday morning. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Activists here commemorated the 25th year since 12 Senators voted to reject the RP-US Bases treaty of 1991 by protesting alleged human rights violations committed by United States military and called for the termination of the agreements that allow the presence of American soldiers in Philippine territory.
Members of Bagong Alysansang Makabayan here picketed the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 11 Office in Davao City on Thursday, September 15 to remind the agency of their promise to help the Lumad evacuees staying inside a church compound here.
Activists led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Mindanao Region and the League of Filipino Students hold a protest action in San Pedro street, Davao City to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to pursue his plan of an independent foreign policy in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Philippine Senate’s rejection of the new treaty for the Subic Bay Naval Station and end to US military presence Friday,September 16. The groups called on Pres. Duterte to scrap the Visiting Forces Administration and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Estella Mae L. Partoza, one of the 75 striking workers of the Japanese company Nakashin Davao International, shows a certificate declaring the workers’ union, Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Nakashin (Namana) is registered with the Department of Labor and Employment. The barricade of the workers’ union was dispersed Thursday, September 15 after the Regional Trial Court ruled that the strike is illegal and the dispute is civil and not of labor in nature. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Police dismantled the barricades blocking the gates of the Nakashin Davao International’s office in Malagamot here on Thursday, September 15 after the Regional Trial Court ruled that the protest of the striking workers illegal.
Lito Lao (right), vice chairman of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, speaks during a rally in front of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 11 office in Davao City on Thursday, September 15 to remind the agency of their promise to aid the Lumad evacuees staying at the UCCP Haran compound.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Task Force Davao commander Colonel Erwin Bernard Neri says the city should have modern security equipment to beef up security and reduce the time incurred in both mobile and static inspections currently conducted in the city. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Even after the filing of criminal charges against the primary suspect of the Davao blast, City Prosecutor Atty. Nestor Ledesma refuses to reveal the suspect’s name until a special panel composed of three prosecutors have reviewed the documents filed by the authorities at around 5:00 pm, Wednesday, September 14. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Police chief Senior Superintendent Michael John Dubria appeals to private establishments to install higher resolution closed-circuit television cameras as these are very helpful in solving crimes. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
