Under the shade of a mango tree, Efren Ledon, 22, and six other new applicants of the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incoporated (Misfi) Academy, interpreted the nationalist song “Bayan Ko” (My Homeland) during the belated graduation ceremony of IP pupils from Davao del Norte.
A teary-eyed Lucia Subere, mother of Private First Class Khen Subere, appeared before the members of the press here on Wednesday to call on government to stop military operation to give way for the immediate release of her son who was captured by the New People’s Army on April 12 in South Cotabato.
Residents of a village in Baganga town, Davao Oriental have fled and refused to return to their village two weeks after the Army accused them of relaying information of troop movements to the New People’s Army, a human rights group said.
The City Health Office (CHO) said on Thursday that the number of dengue cases “have suddenly decreased” this year as compared to last year.
The chief of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) said that the new garbage bins and compactors to be procured by the city are expected to be delivered this October.
The New People’s Army in South Cotabato declared an Army trooper its prisoner of war.
Local officials here are questioning the proposed increase in zonal valuation of lands in the city.
In order to save money for other school expenses, some parents here would opt to pack biscuits and bread for their children rather than giving them money.
“We have been waiting all our lives for the government to build a school in our communities, but why now that we are able to build schools with our own perseverance, they want to close it?”, said Datu Kailo Bantulan in a press conference Monday.
In an interview in time for the first day of classes here, a local leader of indigenous groups said they want more materials to aid them in the education of their children.
