General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera denounced the incident he described as “senseless”.
Davao del Norte governor Anthony del Rosario sent his sympathies and condoled with the Davao blast victims which resulted to the death of 14 individuals and injured more than 60 others.
Philippine National Police Chief, Director General Ronald dela Rosa said the Davao night market blast may be a diversionary tactic on the intense anti-illegal campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar together with Presidential spokesperson Sec. Ernesto Abella and Director Mendoza launched a series of anti-drug campaign advertisement here on Friday, August 2, at the Royal Mandaya Hotel to show the effects of drugs to any individual.
Human rights group Amnesty International and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, September 3, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to respond to the deadly Davao blast “with peace and not with more violations of human rights.”
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts announced that Mindanao got the biggest chunk of the 2017 NCCA national budget for arts and culture projects.
The Police Regional Office 11 said there is no suspect yet in the blast that killed at least 13 and wounded several others at the night market in Roxas street here Friday night, September 2.
Families grieve as they identify their kins killed in the blast that rocked the busy night market along Roxas street here Friday night, September 2. (Maria Patricia. C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte declared on Saturday, September 3, a state of lawlessness following the explosion past 10:00 pm Friday night, September 2 at Roxas Street, a known place for Davao’s night market.
DAVAO CITY — It is a sad day for the city after an explosion rocked the busy night market…
