Interestingly and no doubt, the opportunity the Pope created in his visit expands to the fact that social diseases indeed urgently need our collective management towards a more responsive society consistent with our national heroes’ dreams of a better Philippines.
Members of the Peoples’ Democratic Hawkers and Vendors Alliance-Kadamay called on the government to release two of their members who were detained following a violent eviction of vendors from Rizal Park a day before the Papal mass last week.
Davao’s leaders and common folks got the greatest lesson from the five-day visit of Pope Francis and that is not just to help to poor but to help in the struggling poor.
A pick-up type car with officials going to the Monday’s release of jail warden Jose Mervin Coquilla is stuck in the river along Barangay Casoon, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
People flocked to the Business Bureau office Tuesday during the last day of filing and renewal of business permits.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte facilitated the release of jail warden Jose Mervin Coquilla from the NPA in Monkayo, Compostela Valley Monday.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte facilitated the release of jail warden Jose Mervin Coquilla from the NPA in Monkayo, Compostela Valley Monday.
The New People’s Army released today the jail warden it held captive for alleged drugs trade and negligence due to “humanitarian reasons.”
More establishments were inspected last year if they passed the standards of fire safety.
Jose Mervin Coquilla, head of the Compostela Valley Provincial Rehabilitation Center, says he was treated well by the New People’s Army during his captivity. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Compostela Valley’s Provincial jail warden Jose Mervin Coquilla hugs his wife Lijobeth after his release Monday afternoon. Coquilla was held captive by the New People’s Army for alleged “corrupt practices” in the prison. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
