Amid the controversy surrounding the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) involving upperclassmen and officials allegedly involved in the maltreatment through hazing of students, PMA cadet 4th class Darwin Dormitorio was finally laid to rest at a posh cemetery in Barangay Lumbia here Wednesday morning.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has made a call for the “total elimination” of hazing in all schools and non-school-based organizations, including military and army trainings after the recent death a Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Cadet due to hazing.
Following the positive findings of the presence of polio virus at the Davao River, health officials in this city are set to conduct massive polio vaccination this October.
Members of progressive organizations led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan hold a protest action at the Freedom Park on Saturday (Sept. 21) as they commemorate the 47th anniversary of Martial Law and call for an end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Martial Law declaration in Mindanao.
Relatives of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet who recently died from hazing are calling on legislators to review the country’s Anti-Hazing Law.
“Makibaka! Huwag matakot! Ang tao, ang bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban! Natutong lumaban dahil sa kahirapan!”
About 60 high school students from this city and neighboring towns were brought to a municipality in Lanao del Sur purposely to register for the coming elections under fictitious names on Friday, police said Saturday.
The province of Misamis Oriental is hopeful it will bag the prestigious Best Tourism-Oriented LGU award next month, claiming it has an advantage amongst other contenders.
The air quality in the city remains in the good to fair level but people with respiratory problems are advised to take precautionary measures, an official from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) Davao Region said.
The University of the Philippines-Mindanao community commemorated the Martial Law declaration of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos through a protest action on Friday (Sept. 20) afternoon.
