Activists who led a protest rally at the US Embassy on Oct. 19 decried Wednesday the charges filed against them by the Philippine National Police, saying it was meant to sway public opinion from the real issue.
The Davao City Jail’s new facility will start construction early next year to address congestion in the city’s prisons.
Education is not easily accessible to Lumad students, this Muluhinday shared during a Mindanao children’s summit held at the Grand Men Seng Hotel here, Tuesday.
A union leader here said that the Philippine army is using the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign to discourage workers from joining unions, specifically the militant labor union center Kilusang Mayo Uno.
The city’s committee on tourism and beautification is planning to set-up a “Lumad Village” as a new tourist site in Marilog District.
Government peace panel chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III said President Rodrigo Duterte may pardon peace consultants of the National Democratic Front before the year ends.
In the wake of the death of an abused toddler here, a ranking official of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said he is open to a policy that would prevent mothers from leaving their young children to designated guardians while working abroad.
A spokesman of the New People’s Army said its unilateral ceasefire declaration might be cut-short because of a looming armed encounter between their troops and that of the government.
A multisectoral anti-Marcos burial mass action will welcome President Rodrigo Duterte on Nov. 25, Friday upon his return from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting in Peru.
Protests against the hero’s burial for former President Ferdinand Marcos continued as students and faculty from the Ateneo de Davao University led a candle lighting activity in front of the university in Roxas Street, Monday.