Department of Energy (DOE) officials announced Tuesday, October 3, that the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) for Mindanao will be fully operational by second quarter of 2018.
A 300-kilowatt solar farm project deal between local and foreign private companies is about to be signed this year.
Some 50 families displaced in Marawi City received certificates of ownership of 8×8 meters “bahay kubo” (nipa huts) constructed inside a 1.2-hectare compound in Bito Buadi Itowa here Monday, October 2.
The local government here is keen on claiming the title as the Chocolate Capital of the Philippines as it opens on Monday, October 2, the Cacao City cafe to showcase the cacao products of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) here.
The Philippine Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Watch is calling to remove the country as member of the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) because of the government’s continued denial of the extra-judicial killings across the country.
Human rights group Karapatan, while welcoming the pilot monitoring hub for the compliance of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) here, said on Monday, October 2, it should include cases of extrajudicial killings of activists.
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said Friday, September 29, that it will distance itself from the local government’s efforts in talking with the Communist rebels here.
More than 400 motorcycle riders from all over Mindanao converged here on Saturday, September 30, to show their support to government forces who are fighting the extremists in Marawi City.
Farmers in this region are asking the government to declare the Davao Prison and Penal Farm as part of the country’s land distribution program.
About 228 forest guards are set to meet with City Mayor Sara Duterte in a gathering next month.
