Continuous heavy rains hit Davao city starting at around middle of the afternoon on Monday, caused water levels of the river to rise at two populated barangays of the city’s first district, Matina Crossing and Matina Pangi.
A militant partylist group slammed three cabinet secretaries of the Duterte administration for “junking and sabotaging” Congressional measure that would grant the immediate Social Security System pension increase of P2,000 effective this month.
It’s supposed to be a holiday, but 61-year-old Aurora Manlawe opted to renew her business permit as the city’s Business Bureau started its first day of renewal of permits for this year.
“There is a need for longer maternity leave because we are not born mothers. We become mothers. It takes time to adjust to our roles, get to know our body and our baby,” said LATCH Davao founding member Alex Hao.
The city government here will extend P11 million financial aid to the victims of typhoon Nina (international name: Nock-Ten) that hit Luzon and several parts of the Visayas region.
The Philippine National Police in the region will conduct strict monitoring of activities to ensure that no one will indiscriminately fire guns during the New year.
The Davao City’s Business Permit and Licensing Division or Business Bureau announced that it will put up a one-stop shop for the processing of the renewal of business permits starting Jan. 2 next year.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines claimed that the New People’s Army, the armed-wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has achieved a steady growth of its members across the country.
The government will be issuing a new labor policy aimed at modifying, not ending, the present labor contractualization laws.
President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Tuesday that he will give cash gifts to barangay officials using funds that would have been part of his electoral campaign contributions.
