It’s business as usual for Davao Region’s tourism officers a week after the incident of kidnapping in the Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte province.
Thousands of supporters of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte gathered Saturday at the Quirino Grandstand while followers have also stormed the social media making #Duterte2016 top the Twitter around 6:40 pm on Saturday.
Before the leaders of the Mercy Mission entered Purok 2, representatives from the Local Government Unit of Kitaotao Municipality have already entered the area on the same day for a separate activity of giving relief goods to the residents.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday afternoon reacted to his son’s, Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s resignation from the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod Party.
Aside from being required to sign on the logbook at the entrance and exit points of Barangay White Culaman in Kitaotao town, Bukidnon, other residents have also experienced restrictions in their communication after members of the Army allegedly prohibited them to use mobile phones.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte assured the public that the city remains safe amid the ongoing security operations against the kidnappers of three foreigners and a Filipina in Samal Island last Monday night.
The public inquiry of the Commission on Human Rights on the plight of tribal communities in southern Mindanao, held Thursday, dismayed a council of tribal elders and their support groups.
Farmer villagers in a village in Bukidnon, northern part of Mindanao is experiencing hamletting similar to the scenario of Martial Law, an independent fact-finding mission of human rights groups reports held last September 16-18.
The Office of the City Prosecutor here dismissed the case against 15 activists on allegations that they kidnapped and detained the Lumad evacuees in a church compound.
An environmental group urges residents here to save water by harvesting rainwater and storing it for household chores.
