Lower poverty estimates “do not necessarily mean” that the poverty situation in the country is improving, the research group Ibon Foundation said on Wednesday.
The country must assert its own claim to ownership of the contested territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) but it has to seek the help of other nations in the region so it could have a bigger voice against the aggressive actions of an Asian superpower, a militant lawmaker said Tuesday.
Vindicated was how two Misamis Oriental provincial government officials described the decision of the Office of the Ombudsman who recently dismissed the nepotism case and several graft cases against them.
The city government of Davao has allotted PHP69.3 million as its counterpart to fund the conduct of the Palarong Pambansa 2019.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao Region (DSWD-XI) is eyeing to complete by June this year the cleaning of the list of social pensioners under its program Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC).
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio encourage the youth to learn from the country’s history, as she delivered her message during the 77th Commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan on Tuesday, April 9 at the Veterans Memorial Monument in Ponciano-Roxas Streets in Davao City.
Authorities seized various species of exotic animals reportedly smuggled from Indonesia in an operation conducted on Monday, April 8 in Barangay Dahican, Mati City, Davao Oriental.
On the commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan today, April 9, worker’s group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) deplored President Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed act of betrayal to the national interest of the country to accommodate the demands of China and its government.
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) responded on President Rodrigo Duterte’s “broadsides” against the investigative report on the wealth of his family, clarifying that their report was based on official government records.
Durian production in Davao is decreasing as the El Niño phenomenon continues to inflict damages to the agriculture sector in the area.
