Thousands of farmers, mostly indigenous peoples, from nearby towns in the region trooped to Davao on Tuesday to demand for farm subsidies and food aid, citing the effects of the dry spell as continuing to make life difficult.
Author Archives: ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has reconsidered her earlier appeal to the national police to replace Davao City Police Chief Senior Superintendent Michael John Dubria.
President Rodrigo Duterte let out another string of strong words against the United States before a mix of Filipino and foreign audience, this time in Japan.
President Rodrigo Duterte may abrogate executive military agreements with the United States in a bid to freeing the country of the presence of foreign troops in two years time.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s three-day visit to Japan is expected to benefit Mindanao which the President said will be a focus of the talk.
President Rodrigo Duterte said he is not a lapdog of the US, China or any other country, but only of the Filipino people.
Filipina comfort women group Lila Pilipina is expecting President Rodrigo Duterte to bring up their issue during the President’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Joint Task Force Haribon is composed of Task Force Davao, Task Force Samal, Philippine Navy, Philippine Airforce and the Tactical Operations Group XI.
Not one note of the supposed full-scale investigation report reached President Rodrigo Duterte, regarding the case of Michael Meiring who figured in 2002 Davao City explosion when he was the Davao’s local chief executive.
A Lumad woman in Malagos, Calinan district Davao City prepares a ring of wire where she will put the handmade indigenous accessory called “tikus” to sell outside the Philippine Eagle Center. A tikus can be worn on the wrist or leg. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
