Leaders of various progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), religious and civil libertarians, and members of the academe filed the 10th petition against the anti-terror law (ATL) on Sunday, July 19.
Various groups slammed the new directive issued by the Interagency Task Force on Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) which authorizes the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a house-to-house search for new Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients who either are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
Kabataan Party-list (KP) Rep. Sarah Elago, is the lone Filipino to be named one of the outstanding young politicians from across the world this 2020.
Health officials in this region did not rule out that Davao region may hit 1,000 cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) infections by the end of July with the rise of cases reported day by day.
The chief of the Malaybalay, Bukidnon Police apologized to local media for one of their Facebook advisory post that accused supporters of the beleaguered ABS-CBN network as terrorists.
The Civil Aviation Authority has issued an advisory last July 16 requiring persons flying in to Davao to present their RT-PCR test results that they are coronavirus (Covid-19) free and safe to travel.
From serving four villages here, the locally created Mindanao Cooperatives Water Service Federation (MCWS) will soon be providing its services to consumers in the cities of Cotabato and Bislig.
International human rights groups join Karapatan in calling for the release of 62-year old Teresita Naul, a human rights defender who will face trial this Friday, July 17, on charges that she is a top leader of communist rebels.
The City Government has established a center for arriving locally stranded individuals and overseas workers to stay to wait for 15 hours to wait for their coronavirus (Covid-19) test results.
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Franchises may have rejected the renewal of the franchise of media broadcasting giant ABS-CBN, but 75% of Filipinos said they supported its renewal.
