Crison Martesio, 39, who currently works in Dubai, will join Filipino migrant workers elsewhere to keep away from banks and remittance centers on Friday to protest the fees collected from Overseas Filipino Workers in sending out balikbayan boxes.
A migrant’s group wants the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to make public the results of their random inspection on "balikbayan" boxes allegedly containing illegal contraband.
A local official here said the city's income from the night market has almost doubled from last year's figures.
After the merrymaking during the Kadayawan Festival, power interruptions in the city are back this week until the end of the month, Davao Light announced Wednesday.
Advocates revived a support group for indigenous peoples and peasants amidst what they call “an intensified attack” on Lumad and peasant communities in Mindanao.