To better prepare residents and emergency responders in handling calamities, the city conducted a citywide earthquake and tsunami drill Friday.
The population in Mt. Diwalwal, Monkayo, Compostela Valley province has decreased to about 11,000 compared to the 100,000 recorded since 1980’s when the area was discovered to be a gold rush site, an official said.
The government’s efforts to end contractualization in the labor sector and the continuing war against illegal drugs are among the reports that President Rodrigo Duterte will render to the Filipino people during his second State of the National Address on July 24.
Two government troops were killed while 11 were wounded in Marawi City after a bomb missed its target during an airstrike Wednesday noon.
Department of National Defense Secretary and Martial Law Administrator Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday assured the Filipino people that they can trust the country’s defense and security establishments if the imposition of martial law is extended.
President Rodrigo Duterte will try, for the third time, to land in Marawi City to be with the fighting soldiers who continue to push against the remaining positions of Islamic State-linked Maute group.
The peace panels are back to their feet as the government peace panel chief Silvestre Bello said the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines will possibly resume the negotiations next month.
Seven government soldiers were killed after the New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, ambushed an army unit in Monkayo, Compostela Valley province on July 1.
The Army said government troopers successfully took control one of the strongholds of the Maute Group within the main battle area (MBA) in Marawi on Monday.
The country’s solicitor-general lauded the decision of the Supreme Court that affirmed Proclamation No. 216 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte in May this year declaring martial law in Mindanao.