Lumad leader Michelle Campos has been described by her relatives and human rights defenders as someone who is determined to fight for justice.
Vice President Sara Duterte's recent remarks comparing the possible scenario that his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, may suffer the same fate of the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. drew criticisms over her lack of grasp in the country's history.
Two days before the start of the local election campaign, candidates signed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Davao Region their pledge for a clean conduct of their campaigning. The Dutertes, though, were notably absent.
The newly installed Indigenous People’s Mandatory Representative (IPMR) of Davao's Sangguniang Panlungsod begins his term with plans of funding cultural development of the indigenous communities as well as their empowerment to protect the city's watershed.
The appointment of a new interim minister and interim parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was met with criticisms from some observers.