Science and technology has helped farmers in Davao Region in terms of disaster preparedness of recent typhoons and from improving their livelihood, a regional government executive said.
“The 600 warriors who fought to defend Sulu, including the civilians who sought shelter, died because they were too weak to fight as Americans pressed their attacks that outlasted the rations of the defenders,” said Ronnie Imao Adel, 62, descendant of a survivor of the Attack.
A group launched a humanitarian campaign Friday to help internally-displaced persons amid a massive military operation in the central Mindanao province of Maguindanao.
A Moro human rights group says the “all-out” military operation in the Moro communities in Central Mindanao “is just to clear the way to the Liguasan Marsh for foreign countries to exploit”.
The Comission on Elections will conduct a special registration inside the main camp and seat of power of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which Malacanang hopes to strike a comprehensive political settlement.
To stop the military offensive in Central Mindanao and resume the course of the peace process with the Moro secessionist group, a peace network said President Benigno Aquino III is still the best person to make this happen.
Four days before the commemoration of the International Women’s Day, a group of human rights activist will hold protest actions to call for the release of women political prisoners.
A team of firefighters from Mati City, Davao Oriental was about to respond in a fire incident when its fire truck lost control along the city’s highway afternoon Tuesday.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said the killing of a tricycle driver by a police in Mintal here last February 23 was an overkill.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte urged the public to report to police authorities government employees including police and military who are involved in illegal drugs.