The National Democratic Front and a Protestant church formation in Mindanao want a stop on large-scale mining and military activities in indigenous areas such as in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. They also asked for the resumption of peace talks.
A Talaingod Manobo couple perform a dance in the opening of a video forum with Fil-Americans and American church people at the UCCP Haran Compound. The Fil-Ams and Americans visited Talaingod in previous solidarity missions. (Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Speaking at the Club 888 business forum, marketing directors from various malls said the first Fun Sale hosted by the DOT increased food traffic and tourist shoppers.
In its “Getting Away With Murder: CPJ’s 2014 Global Impunity Index” report released Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said that 51 journalists in the country have been killed next to Somalia with 27 killed and one conviction and Iraq with 100 and no conviction.
Long queues and complaints filled the last day of the filing of personal income tax at the Bureua of Internal Revenue Davao region office. The BIR projected some 23,000 people from the city to file their taxes, and indeed the last hour was a scramble for people to beat the deadline.