The government is not bound to turn its back from its pursuit to peace in the south despite the collapsed negotiations with the Communist Part of the Philippines, a presidential adviser said.
A team of social workers from the Department of Social Welfare and Development is returning to Manila after they were refused entry by the tribal leaders in Davao del Norte for their one-stop service Thursday, Aug. 31.
I was, for the longest time, (and still am, to a certain extent) considered an ingglesera, an epithet that I did not particularly mind. In my mind it was, as I was growing up, an unavoidability. As a child I loved to read (and still do), but aside from the delightfully written and illustrated Ibong Adarna books (which I adored but eventually outgrew), there were almost no non-English books for young readers back in the day. My family also had the middle-class predilection for American TV shows and movies, encouraged in no small way by local programming dominated by noontime shows and melodramas.
Delegates of this year’s “Lakbayan of National Minorities” meet with farmers and peasants who have been conducting a camp out at the historic Mendiola Bridge in Manila on Thursday, August 31. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
Thousands of “Lakbayan” delegates from various parts of the Philippines have now hit the streets of the Philippine capital of Manila after days of journey. Some came from Mindanao and Visayas, while others from the edge of Luzon.
Government social workers were prohibited by the local government unit from holding its one-stop shop service in a far-flung community in Kapalong town, Davao del Norte province on Thursday, August 31.
A proposed revamp of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will pave way for the public to easily avail health care services in the country, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial said on Wednesday, August 30.
Even if the Marcoses return their alleged ill-gotten wealth to the government, victims of the late dictator’s regime say the family will remain plunderers and criminals.
Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial reiterated the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) declaration that the country remains free from cases of avian flu transmission to humans.
Hundreds of farmers greet Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano after the powerful Commission on Appointments postponed his confirmation during its session at the Senate on Wednesday, August 30. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
