Agusan mayor, two Sarangani village leaders disarmed by NPAs
A mayor in Agusan and two barangay officials in Sarangani Province were reportedly disarmed of their firearms by the New People’s Army in separate incidents during the past two weeks.
Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte signs a deal with the Korean Engineering and Construction for a US$ 1-million study on building a light railway system in Davao City by 2015.
Davao taps Korean firm on LRT project study
The city government thinks this could happen, as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte entered a deal with the Korean Engineering and Construction (KEC) to conduct a joint study and construction of this project.
Duterte assures killings isolated, solvable
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte believes Davao is still safe, although he admitted in his Sunday television program that the recent killing of Richard King was jolting.
Duterte urges rebels to engage in palm oil “joint venture” with Malaysian, Thai company
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte urged New People’s Army guerillas to “bury your guns, or hang it on a tree” and engage into a joint business venture with a Malaysian and Thai entity that is looking for a 100,000-hectare area to plant oil palm and sesame seeds plantation.
What independence? Workers, poor ask amid their woes
For Larry Argueles, a packing plant worker in his 40s, the country’s Independence Day on June 12 is hardly a cause for celebration.