Around 700 community leaders and activists are now slapped with trumped-up charges, an "indicative of a sweeping crackdown on political dissenters," according to human rights group Barug Katungod Mindanao.
Known to have the biggest chunk of cacao production in the country, Davao region naturally boast of active cacao stakeholders, some of whom gathered in a Cacao Learning Exchange in Davao City.
Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) earned P30 million for payments of apprehended traffic violators in less than a year.
The City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) opposed to Senate President Vicente Sotto III ’s proposed amendment of the Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 that is to lower the age of children's criminal liability.
Authorities are now investigating into the personality of the suspect, said to be a dealer of firearms, who figured in a shootout that caused the death of a police officer in the city’s uptown area in Barangay Carmen on Thursday, December 6.