The Davao del Norte Provincial Tourism Council urged the construction of a bridge connecting Davao City to the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos).
City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte warned foreigners putting up business in the city to follow the law lest they would be asked to “leave the city or be persecuted”.
Davao City councilors paid tribute on Friday to former Councilor Jose Louie Villafuerte, who passed away last January 3.
A business man and a woman traded accusation of threat following an altercation over an unpaid debt filed their complaint before the police on the same day on Thursday.
Filipino lawyers and journalists on Friday expressed condemnation on the attack against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France but some section also warned against opportunism to foment attacks on Muslim Immigrants across Europe.
A tribal alliance here said that the renewed recruitment of tribesmen into the government military was not new and may be a ploy to allow the entry of large mining and logging operations in ancestral domains.
The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) would intensify its operations against illegal drugs to reduce the crime rate in the city this year.
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) exspressed optimism of a “better-shaped” Mindanao this year based on the island’s remarkable economic growth last year.
Land Transportation Office regional director Atty. Gomer Dy revealed that a “no registration, no travel policy” will be strictly implemented this year.
Mindanao’s energy supply will soar in 2015 but this early, the government is warning consumers to “brace for an increase” in electric rates.
