The city government here and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are currently doing a feasibility study on the viability of processing used cooking oil for biodiesel fuel.
Lumads and human rights activists passed by Leyte province in the Visayas as participants of the Manilakbayan 2015 (Journey to Manila) prepares to head for Luzon on Thursday night.
Over 700 Mindanaoans are now travelling to Metro Manila to raise human rights issues in Mindanao.
An official of the Commission on Elections admitted that their hands are tied over the premature campaigning of some candidates due to an existing ruling of the Supreme Court.
Joint forces of the Army and police on Wednesday apprehended Ka Simon Santiago, the spokesman of the New People’s Army in Davao Region.
Twelve members of Sitio 117 Bago Oshiro Farmers’ Association were arrested on Monday morning after violence erupted between residents and the forces of Davao City Police Office (DCPO) at UP Mindanao-Manambulan Road during the construction of the DPWH road project.
Agusan del Sur Mayor Dario Otaza, 57 and his son Daryl, 27, were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of their bodies by the Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Bitan-agan, Butuan City at 6:50 am Tuesday.
Davao del Norte First District Rep. Anthony del Rosario on Tuesday tagged the move of Davao del Norte Vice Governor Victorio Suaybaguio as “unnecessary, unexpected and incomprehensible.”
The electoral campaign in Davao del Norte was hot as minutes before the deadline for the filing of candidacy last Friday, incumbent Vice Governor Victorio Suaybaguio, who earlier already filed a certificate of candidacy (COC) as First District Representative, withdrew his COC and filed instead as Governor to challenge First District Rep. Anthony G. Del Rosario.
Members of the Davao press and supporters hold on to the edge of their seats inside the Commission on Elections office here until early evening waiting for former Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to appear and file her certificate of candidacy for mayor. Only three mayoral candidates filed their COCs when the deadline of filing strike on Friday.
