Tension gripped a school in Catalunan Pequeño here after a student received a bomb threat through text messages from an unknown sender.
The manufacturer of the alleged ‘poisonous’ durian candies which downed more than 1,000 people in Caraga region was temporarily closed Monday morning.
The Davao City council are now preparing for the upcoming Kadayawan Festival on August 17 to 23.
The attendance of an estimated 10,000 individuals in the funeral march of a fallen rebel commander is a “reflection” of the New Peoples Army’s strength of its mass base here, a prominent militant leader said.
Leaders of lumad (indigenous people) evacuees from Davao del Norte province appeal to authorities that they be allowed to protest for their rights after support groups assisting them were charged with violations of Republic Act (RA) 267 or Kidnapping, Serious Illegal Detention and Anti-trafficking in persons Act.
The tribute program for fallen New People’s Army commander Leoncio “Ka Parago” Pitao opened with a song themed with what has been a monicker of communist guerillas, that they are “soldiers of the poor.”
The Davao City Police Office said on Thursday that comrades of New People’s Army commander Leoncio Pitao alias Ka Parago are welcome to attend his burial so long as they are unarmed and will not bring placard that insults the government.
An official of this city’s Emergency Response’s Central 911 said on Thursday that the city has improved in terms of preparation for disasters and calamities.
Chairperson of the Committee on Appointments and Government Reorganization Councilor Rachel Zozobrado-Nagayo on Tuesday called out the public to help and participate on the city’s campaign against smoking.
The survivor of the alleged massacre of a tribal leader and two other farmers in Paquibato district here asserted that those who were killed by the Army are civilians.