Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon has claimed that Tagum City has gained multiple benefits after the successful hosting of the 2015 Palarong Pambansa in Davao del Norte.
A former councilor questioned the huge increase in the cost of proposed Sasa Port modernization project under the flagship Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program.
While the public euphoria still lingers after the successful hosting of 2015 Palarong Pambansa in this city which was creatively described with the hashtag the #BestPalaroEver, the committee who handles the media, however, earned flak because of “poor accommodation.”
Nobody has seen Manobo activist John Calaba since he entered the compound of a logging and mining firm in Sultan Kudarat on April 30.
Members of children’s rights organizations were allegedly harassed by state forces on Thursday night, a national alliance of children’s rights groups said.
The indigenous peoples’ group Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (Katribu) appealed to local governments to emulate Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s stance on mining.
The palm oil industry has “broken its promise” for 30 years of being in the Philippines, said groups in a statement after they recently held an oil palm conference here.
An alliance of indigenous people’s organizations expressed their concern over the possible reversal of the mining ban recently approved by the City Council here.
An official of the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) here said that the city government has set two conditions for the Sasa Port modernization project which include the acquisition of lands and the relocation of the barangay hall of Sasa.
The New People’s Army said its attack against Army troops in Calinan, Davao City, morning of Wednesday is “justified” as “it was a fitting punishment against the brutal operations of the Oplan Bayanihan counter-revolutionary forces.”
