Government is considering an over-head distribution line as an option for power-isolated resort Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos), the Energy Regulation Commision (ERC) said on Thursday, April 7.
Independent vice-presidential candidate Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero has proposed to allocate 30 percent of the present national budget, or roughly about P1 trillion, to Mindanao as an immediate economic relief to the region should he wins in the May 9 elections.
Arlyn Oti Aman, was among the thousands of farmers who went to Kidapawan City hoping they will get rice from the provincial government.
An independent fact-finding mission concluded that there was an attempt to whitewash and cover-up the violent police dispersal of farmers protest here on April 1, Friday.
Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno in Southern Mindanao decried the strafing of a worker’s camp last Saturday, April 2 in Pantukan, Compostela Valley province.
Environmental group Panalipdan in Southern Mindanao criticized the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for wasting P7.2-billion which funded the agency’s National Greening Program (NGP).
An 11-year old boy died after by government troops fired shots in a village at Toril, Davao City on Friday, April 6.
Around 4:00 pm on Tuesday, troops outside the Spottswood Methodist Center withdrew and left the protesting farmers and progressive groups which sought refuge at the Church compound after a bloody dispersal last week.
The local government here is preparing to allocate at least P31.5 million to purchase 15,000 sacks of rice that will be donated to farmers affected by the continued drought in Cotabato province.
A progressive lawmaker on Tuesday has asked the House of Representatives to investigate the violent and bloody dispersal of starving farmers in Kidapawan City last April 1.
