Kin of two Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), who died in appalling circumstances while on vacation here in the country, will receive assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa).
Hundreds of farmers encamped at the roadside here Friday to protest the ongoing exploration of a mining company.
Workers reported for work at 5:00 am Friday after their nine-day strike against the Japanese-owned banana plantation Sumifru Corp. in Compostela Valley.
Tribal and farmers groups and human rights advocates from both local and national offices will conduct an on-site probe on Saturday on the massacre of tribesmen in Paquibato district here.
A councilor here expressed concern over a proposed increase in zonal valuation that he feared would have a “negative-domino effect” to the booming economy of the city.