A bar owner was penalized for selling alcojolic beverage to minors.
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) XI Information Officer Adrian Nouve B. Cobero says it is important for local government units to empower communities through trainings and other activities to make them resilient in times of disasters. (More…) (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
The 10th Infantry (Agila) Division of the Philippine Army said eight New People’s Army rebels were killed in a clash that took place on Wednesday morning in Compostela Valley while the NPAs in Bukidnon province reported the death of four soldiers after two days of armed encounters in the area.
Twenty micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) are set to complete a two-month course under the Mentor Me program of Go Negosyo under the Department of Trade and Industry in Davao.
An official of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Crisis Committee who is directly monitoring the situation of affected residents after the siege in Marawi City is appealing to the national government to extend more help to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced individuals.
While 92 percent of Filipinos said they are fully aware of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, a high percentage of residents in the country also expressed disagreement on expanding the imposition of the said measure to Luzon and Visayas.
The government’s goal of achieving a high income economy by 2022 will not be possible without ensuring food security for the country’s population, a University of the Philippines official said.
Department of National Defense Secretary and Martial Law Administrator Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday assured the Filipino people that they can trust the country’s defense and security establishments if the imposition of martial law is extended.
A top military official here said they will investigate a member of the military intelligence unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who was accused of sexual harassment by a lumad student in a protest camp in Panacan, Davao City.
President Rodrigo Duterte will try, for the third time, to land in Marawi City to be with the fighting soldiers who continue to push against the remaining positions of Islamic State-linked Maute group.
