A new network of government and private organizations here has been created to monitor cases of abuse and violence against women and to give interventions to victims.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte signed Thursday an executive order to create a technical working group to help in the selection process of an indigenous people’s mandatory representative to the City Council.
The municipal government of Asuncion in Davao del Norte is experiencing power blackout for “more than 48 hours already” after the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative Inc., which is managed by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) cut the power supply to the LGU, a local official said.
The Army announced it would pull out from the communities in Barangay Balit, municipality of San Luis, Agusan Del Sur following a dialogue with residents and local officials on Wednesday morning.
Only the removal of President Benigno Aquino III from office would quench the search for justice of the nearly 70 victims of a botched police operations in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, said a Moro human rights group as official investigations point to the accountability of the President and the involvement of the US military.
There has been an improvement in the peace and order situation in Tagum City according to the report of city mayor Allan Rellon during his State of the City Address on Wednesday.
The armed forces conduct of Community Organizing for Peace and Development drove the indigenous peoples away from their community, said a humanitarian mission report.
Tagum City mayor Allan Rellon is facing graft charges filed by bus companies before the Ombudsman.
A lumad leader from Davao presented cases of human rights violations (HRVs) committed by the armed forces during the 2015 preparatory meeting on United Nations mechanisms and procedures relating to Indigenous Peoples (IPs).
The province of Davao del Norte is “98% ready for Palarong Pambansa 2015,” claims Cesar Abalon, the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Schools Sports Events and Activities Unit Head.
