Militant groups mark the commemoration of the Filipino-American war with a protest action along Rizal Park Wednesday denouncing what they claim as ‘US intervention’ on the botched arrest operation of the police’s Special Action Force in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
Three persons were hurt when a grenade exploded Tuesday morning at a public market in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, an official said.
Davao City first district councilor Joanne Bonguyan is pushing for the inclusion of arcade game houses in the scope of the Internet Café Ordinance.
Former indigenous peoples (IP) representative Berino Mambo-o Sr appealed to the Local Civil Registrar to simplify the registration of IPs as agencies marked the Civil Registration Month.
The evacuation of more than 900 lumads from San Luis, Agusan del Sur is due to the mining interest in the area said the Banwaon datus, Monday.
An official from the National Re-integration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (NRCO) said that programs and livelihood assistance from the agency will start anew in helping repatriate migrant workers.
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter denied on Sunday that it has a gun keeper in their group as claimed earlier by police authorities.
Pope Francis may have thrilled the country during his visit, but his reminder to recognize migrant workers and heed their needs is yet to have its effect on government officials and recruitment agencies.
Various groups called for an impartial and independent probe following the fatal operation of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last January 25.
A Moro militant group said the PNP Special Action Force raiding team in Sunday’s bloody government operations in Mamapasano, Maguindanao took a farmer who was later found dead on a bridge with his hands tied behind his back.
