The Davao Light and Power Company is short of 105 megawatts or an equivalent of five hours of power interruption because of the ongoing drought.
Author Archives: ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos was heckled during his opening statement at the Vice Presidential debate on Sunday, April 10.
Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano called on officials of the police to immediately release farmers who were arrested after a violent dispersal of a protest rally in Kidapawan, North Cotabato last Friday, April 1.
The camp of presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte said that there is no truth to the alleged plot to “unmask” Duterte’s rival Senator Grace Poe.
A senate official pinned the blame on government inaction to curb the effects of El Niño as the reason why hungry farmers barricaded Kidapawan City last week.
Senators who led a Senate inquiry here over a violent dispersal of farmers’ barricade in Kidapawan City last week said police forces should not have brought firearms during the bloody operation.
Arlyn Oti Aman, was among the thousands of farmers who went to Kidapawan City hoping they will get rice from the provincial government.
An 11-year old boy died after by government troops fired shots in a village at Toril, Davao City on Friday, April 6.
Around 4:00 pm on Tuesday, troops outside the Spottswood Methodist Center withdrew and left the protesting farmers and progressive groups which sought refuge at the Church compound after a bloody dispersal last week.
Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph A. Evangelista issued a “Notice of Violation” to the Spottswood Methodist Center in a letter dated April 1, directing the church to explain why their business permit should not be revoked.
