AFP orders probe on killing of father and son in Compostela Valley
The Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) has ordered a "full investigation" into the fatal shooting of father and his son in New Bataan, Compostela Valley.
HARVEST OF GOLD. Farmers in Pigcawayan town in the province of North Cotabato enjoy their rice harvest after almost two years of pest infestation and inundation which limited their harvest yields. (davaotoday.com photo by Kenette Jean Millondaga)
Advocates see family farms to achieve food security
Advocates of organic farming believe that sustaining family farms can help achieve food security.
Members of RMN Davao Employees Union hold a march rally along Freedom Park to condemn the recent threats of station manager Leo Daugdaug that he will file a case against them. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
RMN management still airing broadcast despite strike
Striking broadcasters and radio workers here said the management of Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) sent out alleged illegal broadcasts since October 3 despite the union strike and appealed to government intervention the continued broadcast from what they claimed was the use of an unlicensed facility.
AGENCY STORMED. Typhoo Pablo (international name Bopha) victims stormed the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office one year after the agency "failed on its commitment" to distribute 10,000 sacks of rice as relief to them. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Typhoon Pablo survivors lambast DSWD over spoiled relief goods for Albay evacuees
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has never learned from its past experiences, said the local leader of typhoon Pablo survivors in response to recent reports that spoiled relief goods have reached the evacuees in Albay, Bicol.
Child poverty in PH may reach 25 million
A Manila-based independent think tank said the number of children living in dire poverty in the country may reach 25 million if the government will use a poverty line of P100 per child per day.