More students in Metro Manila are now aware of the plight of the indigenous peoples (IPs) of Mindanao due to the conduct of the Lakbayan of National Minorities as its hundreds of Moro and Lumad delegates returned home Tuesday, September 26.
The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal of several South Upi officials over the local government’s failure to remit premiums and taxes a decade ago.
Council Bernard Al-ag on Tuesday, September 26, called on the property owners in the city to convert vacant commercial spaces into parking areas, even offering them a possible five-year tax incentive.
A new court order has blocked the dismissal of this city’s chief executive who is set to face a series of complaints in the coming days.
A group of lawyers and paralegals from at least 18 organizations founded a new group to monitor human rights abuses in Mindanao.
The series of earthquakes that struck Lanao del Sur on Sunday, September 24, is estimated to have caused P10 million worth of damages, the province’s Municipal Risk Reduction and Management Office said.
An environmental health group is warning city officials here that adopting a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facility might do more harm than good.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is not taking the general amnesty offered by President Rodrigo Duterte, but announced that its armed wing, the New People’s Army, (NPA) will carry out more offensives against government troops.
The 5.4-magnitude quake that struck Wao town in Lanao del Sur province on Sunday morning caused 5 cases of minor injuries, totally damaged 4 buildings and partially damaged about 100 houses, the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) reported.
A tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted parts of Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur provinces early morning on Sunday, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) 10.
