The tandem of presidential and vice presidential aspirants, Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano vowed to launch a crackdown on illegal fishing and to push the development of a Mindanao railway system.
Councilor Leah Librado of the first district here expressed her support for the calls for Congress to override President Benigno Aquino III’s veto to pass the law seeking for a P2,000 pension hike for members of the Social Security System.
President Benigno Aquino III’s veto on the Social Security System pension hike bill sent bad quivers for many pensioners here on Thursday.
On the dawn of January 15, farmlands of the family Villavicencio and the Sitio Nursery of Barangay Ngan in Compostela were reported to have been bulldozed by the controversial mining company operating in the area.
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) XI warned government employees against showing their support for a certain candidate in the May elections.
This city’s police cheif, Senior Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr., is likely to continue serving his term after the January 10 election prohibition of movement of personnel although Danao already exceeded his tour of duty.
Eastern Mindanao Command chief Major General Leonardo Guerrero admitted that there are politicians who were already approached by the New People’s Army to collect permit-to-campaign (PTC) fees.
An official of the Department of Labor and Employment in the region admitted that they have limitations in monitoring the strict implementation of the three-year old Kasambahay Law, which is meant to protect domestic helpers in the country.
Activists described today’s ruling of the Supreme Court in favor for the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement as a “sad day for democracy”.
Reproductive health advocates expressed concern over the removal of the P1 billion budget for contraceptives from the 2016 national budget, saying this will greatly affect the poor women and their families who rely on government’s free contraceptives.
