Hundreds of farmers encamped at the roadside here Friday to protest the ongoing exploration of a mining company.
A guerrilla leader here said that celebrating the Communist Party of the Philippines 46th founding anniversary “is a show of force and unity” against perceived government neglect in typhoon Pablo-hit areas.
On the 40th day following the death of environment advocate, Francis Morales, his colleagues from the disaster response group Balsa Mindanao launched a fund raising for a memorial mobile which will be used during disaster response.
The congressman said the alerts must be provided with no cost or charges, as he noted that the phone companies have been sending out free messages about their services.
Thousands of barn swallow, a migratory bird, locally known as “layang-layang” have found their way home in this rustic town as they perched on kilometer-long power lines and tall buildings.
Storm signals over Davao Region were lowered Thursday morning as Typhoon Quennie continued to pound Southern Visayas, state weather bureau PAG-ASA said.
The local government units of Compostela Valley and Tagum City have declared a suspension of classes effective Wednesday afternoon in all levels for both public and private schools as a safety precaution due to Tropical Depression Quennie.
The state weather bureau PAG-ASA on Wednesday said that Tropical Depression Quennie is expected to make landfall over Surigao del Sur this afternoon and it will traverse the Northern Mindanao area by Wednesday evening.
The National Housing Authority (NHA) Davao Region admitted it is short of 13,525 housing units that it was supposed to complete by March next year for the survivors of Typhoon Pablo.
Over 20,000 survivors from different man-made and natural calamities gathered in the city by way of an ecumenical prayer and march rally at the Rizal avenue to mark the commemoration of 1st year anniversary of Supertyphoon Yolanda last November 8.
