The Davao Light and Power Co. announced on Tuesday, April 5 that it will implement two sets of 15-minute switching power interruptions on April 6 and 7 to facilitate the National Grid Corporations of the Philippines’ Preventive Maintenance Shutdown (PMS) of its Davao Substation.
As one of the poorest basic sectors in the country, Poe said that she would also push for the increase of the fisher folks’ membership in the National Health Insurance Program and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities with the help of local government units and the private sector.
The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights headed by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III will conduct a public hearing in Davao City to probe on the violent dispersal of the rally of farmers in Kidapawan City on Thursday, April 7.
The New People’s Army put up checkpoints in seven areas in Mindanao on Sunday, April 3 and captured three police officers and two soldiers.
Pope Francis acknowledged a letter sent by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in a response written by Italian Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu and sent to Davao Archbishop Romulo Geolina Valles, D.D.
A nationwide network of independent media organizations, AlterMidya denounced today, April 4 “police intimidation and attempts to suppress information” by preventing journalists from covering the violent dispersal of the farmers’ rally in Kidapawan City on April 1.
Leaders of various church groups expressed condemnation of the violent dispersal of a farmers’ rally in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato province last Friday, April 1.
Four days to go before the start of the overseas absentee voting, an OFW leader urged registered overseas absentee voters (OAV) to vote starting April 9.
A peasant group on Friday scored the “insensitive and unsympathetic” remark of administration bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas over the brutal and bloody Kidapawan massacre.
Women from various organizations and sectors gathered last week at a mall here for a free self-defense seminar. The event dubbed “Fight for your Rights” last Tuesday, March 29 was part of the commemoration of the women’s month.
