The trouble with us Filipinos is that we are easily appeased. Even when our expectations are not met, we tend to compromise more often than pursue what we want to achieve or gain.
Members of Lumad group Kalumaran Mindanao hold a picket at San Pedro Street in observance of the International Day of the Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, August 9. The group also announced the Lakbayan 2017, where thousands of Lumad and Moro people will travel to the capital for a protest caravan. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan scored the proposal of the United States of America to use airstrikes against the ISIS-linked groups in the country.
Davao City joined in the celebration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) golden anniversary on Tuesday, August 8.
Apart from being known as the Palm City Capital of the South, Tagum City has earned a new feat, this time, as the Marching Showband Capital of the Philippines.
(L-R) Indonesian Consulate Consul General, Berlian Napitupulu, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and Malaysian Consulate Representative Hon. Saiful Nizam Wahid lead the ceremonial lighting of the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) lantern held in front of the City Hall, Tuesday, August 8. (More…) (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
The Association of South East Asian Nations marked its fifty years of existence and President Rodrigo Duterte said the Asean, “as a community of nations, is now stronger, more vibrant, and more robust.”
The University of the Philippines system announced that it will not be collecting tuition from its students for the first semester of its academic year 2017 – 2018, regardless of financial status.
First Lieutenant Geraldo Alvarez of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army is now ready to go back to the front line after recovering from the wound he sustained from the main battle area here.
A militant lawmaker on Monday urged the free distribution of land by writing off amortization dues from the agrarian reform beneficiaries.
