PHOTOS | Duterte visits wake of soldiers killed in NPA offensives
DAVAO CITY --- Around 1:00 am Sunday, August 7, President Rodrigo Duterte visits the wake of four soldiers killed in a series of offensives by the New People's Army in Monkayo,…
DENR secretary: gov’t should apologize to Lumad evacuees
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez visited the temporary shelter of indigenous people’s evacuees inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Father Selga street, Davao City on Friday afternoon, August 5.
Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Joel Tabora expresses his opposition to the current mining policy of the government in a press conference on Thursday, August 4. The Jesuit priest said the Philippine Mining Act only allowed foreign countries to plunder the country's natural resources. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Ateneo President: Philippine Mining Act is treason
Jesuit priest Fr. Joel Tabora called the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 treasonous and said that it is time for the government to replace the mining policy.
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary is also joined here by former Mines and Geosciences Bureau Chief Leo Jasareno (center) and Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Joel Tabora. The press conference was held at the Ateneo during the Mindanao Environment Summit 2016 on Thursday, August 4, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
DENR suspends ?Surigao mining firm, audits three more in Mindanao
Environmental Secretary Regina Lopez announced that the DENR has suspended on Thursday, August 4 the Claver Mineral Development Corporation in Claver, Surigao del Norte.
FOLLOW THE RULES. A night after the closure of the Roxas night market on Wednesday, August 3, City Transportation and Traffic Management Office Chief Rhodelio Poliquit announces to the affected vend?e?rs who converged outside the City Hall on Thursday morning, the schedule of meetings that will be held in order to resolve the issue. Poliquit said the night market can be reopened as early as Tuesday next week if the vendors commit to follow the rules set by the city government. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Negotiations between City, Roxas ?street venders set next week
The City Traffic and Transport Management Office (CTTMO) has scheduled a series of dialogue with street venders of the now closed night market along Roxas Avenue here to resolve the issues between the government and the store owners.