Activists marking the first year since the deadly clash in Mamasapano warned that with the Supreme Court (SC) upholding a bolstered US-Philippine military alliance, such incident that caused the lives of 44 soldiers and civilians could likely happen again.
The rise from 34 degrees Celsius to 35 degrees Celsius temperature and the maintenance shutdown of a unit of the coal-fired power plant here are affecting the city’s power supply.
Eight persons were killed when government soldiers and members of a tribal militia engaged New People’s Army guerrillas in separate clashes on January 15-16 in Prosperidad town in Agusan del Sur.
Progressive groups are not keen on accepting the proposed P500-P1,000 increase to the Social Security System pension after President Benigno Aquino III vetoed the bill seeking a higher P2,000 hike.
The Army’s 10th Infantry Division said the 15-year old Manobo student who was killed on Sunday was a victim of a retaliatory attack against the New People’s Army.
A member of the paramilitary group, Alamara, allegedly killed a Grade 3 Manobo student in Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte afternoon on Sunday, a child rights group reported.
The tandem of presidential and vice presidential aspirants, Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano vowed to launch a crackdown on illegal fishing and to push the development of a Mindanao railway system.
Councilor Leah Librado of the first district here expressed her support for the calls for Congress to override President Benigno Aquino III’s veto to pass the law seeking for a P2,000 pension hike for members of the Social Security System.
President Benigno Aquino III’s veto on the Social Security System pension hike bill sent bad quivers for many pensioners here on Thursday.
The annual Lunhaw Awards, which seeks to recognize initiatives that are helpful to the environment, is now accepting applications.
