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.
A Moro group condemned the all-out offensive of the armed forces against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) because civilians are bearing the brunt.
The Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao filed “a formal complaint against the Philippine government with the International Labour Organization (ILO) for violating Convention 87 and 98” before the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) XI Thursday.
Manobo Lumads from interior Davao del Norte villages and who sought safety here last month cancelled their scheduled return today as report of continued attacks by militiamen reached them.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has been blamed for the failure of the Kagan tribe to present an acceptable representative to the City Council, an NCIP executive said.
A city government official said he would asked City Hall authorities to increase the rent of night market stalls along Roxas Avenue here “to double the income of the city from the rent of these stalls”.
