Teener wants Army man imprisoned for rape
A 16-year-old mother insisted that she wanted an Army personnel thrown to jail for allegedly raping her last month in their village in Bukidnon.
Lumad visitors sleep in sidewalks, ‘shelters’ not enough
Lumads, including women and children, from Davao City countrysides and other areas who are now in the city to hop households to ask for “Christmas gifts”have been sleeping in sidewalks as their number exceeded the capacity of gymnasium shelter areas designated by the City government.
Globe telecommunications partners with the Foundation for the Philippine Environment, donating mobile phones, SIM cards and insurance policies to 42 volunteer forest guards and local watershed monitoring, including barangay officials to guard biodiversity initiatives in the Panigan-Tamugan watershed. The area is being tapped of its pristine surface water from the Tamugan River for Davao City's northeastern barangays and to relax extraction of water from the underground aquifers.
Activate free mobile disaster alert law amidst Hagupit – partylist urges govt
The congressman said the alerts must be provided with no cost or charges, as he noted that the phone companies have been sending out free messages about their services.
Aquino critics gather in Davao City to design his removal from Presidency
A group of high-profile politicians from a motley group of political parties and persuasions have renewed previous efforts to unseat President (Benigno III) Aquino from office.
Banana industry workers still suffer despite being the top exporting product
Banana’s ranking as the leading export commodity in the Philippines this year “does not help the situation of the workers”, a labor group said.