The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) here would fence off a public park here from shady juvenile and adult transactions that has sparked the ire of city government officials.
As government set up wider and coordinated jobs fairs in this year’s commemoration of Labor Day, job seekers cautioned against pinning too much hope that they turn panacea to the troubling trend in unemployment.
The longer blackouts imposed lately going into the supposed rainy season has raised anxiety to a wider sector of business, especially in this city that has not been spared anymore of the energy crisis creeping across Mindanao.
Isla Verde may be habitated with a multimillion rehabilitation after last month’s fire, and a division by tribes may be an option for a more orderly resettlement, the city government information chief said.
A retired executive judge of the Regional Trial Court here doused cold water on arguments for the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in Congress, warning that it may narrow down the avenue to compel government offices to release important documents.
The New People’s Army claimed they captured last week an army corporal involved in protecting a logging syndicate headed by local and police officials in Southern Mindanao and Caraga Regions.
Media practitioners marked the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) with a forum last Monday.
Thousands gathered in Rizal Park, this city, Sunday to join a Mindanao-wide activity to call on Congress to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
“Since the start of power blackouts here, we have less customers because they prefer to go to internet cafés in malls where there are power generators,” lamented businesswoman Rhodora Khadil.
“WORLD PRESS Freedom Day has for many years been an occasion for mourning rather than celebration in the Philippines, where, since 1986, 140 journalists and media workers have been killed for their work, among them the 32 killed on November 23, 2009 in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. This year’s commemoration is no different,” the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) said in a statement Friday.
