Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte said she will be reporting for duty on Saturday, July 23 dispensing rumors of her alleged plan to resign as city mayor.
After a four-day tour to different communities in Mindanao, an estimated 200 human rights activists from different countries opened the 2nd General Assembly of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines at the Brokenshire Convention Center on Thursday, July 21.
Being full-time teachers is not easy for them, but quitting the job was never their option.
The City Council heard an entrepreneur proposing a cable car transportation in the city.
The Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao claimed it has processed cases involving some high-ranking government officials here due to graft and corrupt practices and criminal acts.
Activists who were acquitted of kidnapping charge are planning to file counter charges against the military who allegedly manufactured the complaints filed against them.
The Davao City Council Committee on Peace and Public Safety plans to put up a livelihood training institute for drug suspects who surrender to the authorities.
Authorities at the Davao City drug rehabilitation center are worried that they could not accommodate the growing number of clients.
The Department of Justice dismissed the kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges against 15 human rights activists on Monday afternoon, July 18.
A high-ranking police official said they will be investigating drug-related killings as the authorities vowed not to tolerate vigilantism.
