Nat’l probe in Lumad, peasant communities starts
Manila-based rights advocates and partylist representatives joined a week-long fact-finding mission starting Monday to look into the region’s “rampant human rights violations” in farflung communities.
Shady acts fenced off from a public park in Davao City
The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) here would fence off a public park here from shady juvenile and adult transactions that has sparked the ire of city government officials.
Job generation should not be relied on jobs fairs
As government set up wider and coordinated jobs fairs in this year's commemoration of Labor Day, job seekers cautioned against pinning too much hope that they turn panacea to the troubling trend in unemployment.
Longer power blackouts hit harder on businesses
The longer blackouts imposed lately going into the supposed rainy season has raised anxiety to a wider sector of business, especially in this city that has not been spared anymore of the energy crisis creeping across Mindanao.
Isla Verde resettlement may be divided by tribes
Isla Verde may be habitated with a multimillion rehabilitation after last month's fire, and a division by tribes may be an option for a more orderly resettlement, the city government information chief said.