An official of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in the Davao region criticized the cancellation of the 75 mining agreements saying the move contradicted President Rodrigo Duterte’s goal towards industrialization.
A total of 91 public officials were dismissed from service, according to the 2016 report of the Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao.
A total of 82,532 indigent senior citizens received a P500 per month pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development since 2011 in Davao region, according to the agency’s accomplishment report for 2016.
President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would not interfere with the decision of Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez to close various mines in Surigao del Norte.
The City Assessor's Office is planning to increase the real property tax in this city up to 1, 000 percent based on the general revision submitted to the Commission of Audit back in 2008.