In the midst of continuing threats against their schools in Mindanao, more than a hundred displaced students of ?L?umad schools who joined the “Kampuhan” will continue their schooling in a state university in Quezon City.
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 R?egional 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.