A teary-eyed Lucia Subere, mother of Private First Class Khen Subere, appeared before the members of the press here on Wednesday to call on government to stop military operation to give way for the immediate release of her son who was captured by the New People's Army on April 12 in South Cotabato.
Residents of a village in Baganga town, Davao Oriental have fled and refused to return to their village two weeks after the Army accused them of relaying information of troop movements to the New People's Army, a human rights group said.
The City Health Office (CHO) said on Thursday that the number of dengue cases "have suddenly decreased" this year as compared to last year.
The chief of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) said that the new garbage bins and compactors to be procured by the city are expected to be delivered this October.
The New People’s Army in South Cotabato declared an Army trooper its prisoner of war.