A military commander debunks the claims of the two survivors that the strafing incident in Laak, Compostela Valley is a planned massacre, saying that it was a legitimate encounter with the rebel group New People’s Army.
An environmental group said President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will make history if he shuts down big mining companies that has caused destruction to the environment.
Peace advocates in the country are telling the United States to “step aside” and give the Philippines a chance to peace.
A stalwart of the Liberal Party in Congress is seeking a possible coalition with the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte maintained that the City Council and the city government here will resolve the problem besetting the workers of a Japanese-owned fruit company without the help of other groups.
Bullet holes on walls and ceilings, scattered clothes, damaged farm materials and missing poultry greet survivors of a massacre in this interior town as they go back to their house for an independent investigation on Saturday, June 4.
Two members of the Philippine National Police in Mati, Davao Oriental tested positive for illegal drug use on Saturday, June 4.
The Department of Educationsaid the Davao Region is “150 percent ready” in terms of the 298 schools which will start the senior high school leg on June 13.
Close to 10,000 individuals have signed an online petition asking Manila archbishop,
Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle for the resignation of Roman Catholic bishops in the country.
Under DOLE’s child labor prevention and elimination program, it has extended livelihood assistance worth P1.7 million in 2015 for 398 parents of identified child laborers.
