Various groups are urging President Rodrigo Duterte to end agreements with the United States following his declaration of pushing for an independent foreign policy and the pullout of US Special Forces in Mindanao.
Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad, the only woman member of the government peace panel said that the women’s role in the succeeding rounds of the talks will be important because the output of the talks represent the demands of the women “as a sector and as part of the constituency”.
During the regular session of the city council, Col. Erwin Bernard Neri presented the security plans of the Task Force here to local officials, more than a week after the bombing killed at least 15 people and wounded 69 others at the night market in Roxas Avenue. Neri assumed the command on Thursday, September 8.
Women leaders from various groups light their candles to continue the call for justice for the victims of the Davao blast on Tuesday, September 13. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A pregnant woman who was among the injured in the Davao bombing died Monday, evening.