Balong can now join his batchmates after his family and child's rights groups rescued him from state forces who presented him to the media as a “child soldier, informer and collector” for the New People’s Army.
Public transport drivers and operators opposed a city council proposal to build a public bus system, saying this would displace 22,500 jeepney and trycicle drivers in the city.
Students from the University of Mindanao staged a picket at the school's Matina campus gate last week to protest what they said lack of transparency in implementing an increase in tuition next June pegged at 435 pesos a unit. (Tyrone A. Velez/davaotoday.com)
Child advocates among non-government and local government want more effort in disseminating awareness and support to children who are victims of sexual abuse.
A surprise inspection by transportation agents on terminals in the city discovered irregularities in the registration of some buses and passenger vans.