The parents of two members of the Cafgu Active Auxiliary captured by the New People’s Army in Davao Oriental last February 14 appealed to the communists to release them.
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez told her detractors to stop hurling her accusations for ordering the closure of 23 mines and cancelling 75 mining contracts in watershed areas early this month.
The government of the People’s Republic of China donated Tuesday a total of $600,000 (P30,211,800 million) to the local government of Davao City.
Due to the recent bus crash incident in Tanay, Rizal that claimed the lives of 15 individuals, the Commission on Higher Education on Tuesday imposed a moratorium on field trips and educational tours in all higher education institutions across the country.
The government is opting for a simpler commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the EDSA People Power on Friday, February 24, officials said.
Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said the president still desires to bring just and lasting peace in the country weeks after the unilateral interim ceasefire of both the government and Communists were ended early this month.
A fire of a still unknown cause razed at least 20 houses and two commercial establishments of a textile and motor parts store starting early morning Tuesday.
The City Engineer’s Office said Monday that a rainwater collection system is mandatory before they will issue the certificate of occupancy.
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus G. Dureza and peace advocate Sowing the Seeds of Peace in Mindanao welcomed the Communist Party of the Philippines’ ‘openness’ to ink a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the government if President Rodrigo Duterte decides to send the government panel to the scheduled talks on February 22-27 in the Netherlands.
An elderly official of a farmers’ organization in North Cotabato province is the latest victim of extrajudicial killing, human rights group said.
