President Rodrigo Duterte was reminded of his campaign promise last year to return the coco levy fund to the coconut farmers.
The relatives of the four residents accused as New People's Army rebels and arrested by the military in Laak, Compostela Valley on June 27 said the four were only fishing past the "curfew" hour.
A multisectoral group here lauded a dissenting Supreme Court Justice and three other SC justices after the High Tribunal upheld the enforcement of Martial Law in Mindanao.
After the Supreme Court dismissed all the petitions against the imposition of martial law and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao, Presidential son and this city’s Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte called on the people to stand united and render full support to Martial Law.
Lawyers who petitioned against the declaration of Martial Law expressed dismay on the Supreme Courts's affirmation of its constitutionality on Tuesday, July 4.