The United Coconut Planters Bank reported a 12 percent increase in income during the first month of 2017 due to the surging demand for loans.
The Save Our Schools Network said it was assured by the Commission on Human Rights that it will investigate the reported attacks of Lumad schools and communities in Mindanao when CHR chairperson Chito Gascon visited them on Saturday, Aug. 5.
There were as many as 7,000 tuberculosis cases recorded in the Davao Region in the first two quarters of the year, a health official said, describing it as already half the number recorded last year.
Department of Health Regional Tuberculosis Program Medical Coordinator, Dr. Hansel Amoguis said “there’s still six months remaining to determine whether the number of cases detected have increased.”
Duterte said this is a “show of recognition and appreciation” to the government troops who are in the frontline of the administration’s war against terrorism and illegal drugs.
Less than two weeks before the Kadayawan festival officially opens, the Davao City Tourism Office is already 75 percent done with overall preparations, an official said.
Two weeks since President Rodrigo Duterte announced he does not want to talk to the communists anymore the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said it has not yet received a formal notice from the Philippine government.
Youth groups are set to march to register their demand for free education this Friday, August 4, a day before the deadline of the signing of the proposed Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
The military on Wednesday arrested two suspected members of the New People’s Army in a village in Bukidnon province and linked one of them to a partylist organization when he was found with a card from the organization.
I do not wish to belabor with you on the merits and bases of the joint venture agreement. We can save that argument for the right time and the proper venue.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Aug. 2 signed the law extending the validity of passports to 10 years.
