Groups score DepEd’s cramming for school opening
Two progressive partylist organizations described as "government ineptitude" on its move to reduce the number of regular school days as solution to shortage of teachers and classrooms.
Davao activists slam ‘one-sided’ US-PH defense, trade deals
Various activist groups in Davao and other regions opposed the signing of a defense agreement and a trade partnership between the Philippine and United States governments which they said are one-sided.
City sets May 15 deadline for the Isla Verde reconstruction
The city government here decided that May 15 will be the target date of the end of their restoration in Isla Verde along the southern boulevard, formerly a cramped community that was flattened by a huge fire last month.
Davao City’s fire-gutted islet to remain residential place for victims
Six days after one of the country's biggest fire this year leveled off an islet here, the city government announced that the informal settlers - or squatter families - would still be allowed to return but only after rehabilitation works would have ensured good access roads and safer electrical lines in the area.
"Tacloban City is no more. God must have been somewhere else." - Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. (screen grab from Davao City Information Office YouTube account)
Duterte: I will rebel vs my own gov’t
"Assuming I will be president and things are status quo; there will still be Congress and Civil Service, the Human Rights (Commission) and Ombudsman. Now with this Congress, you have to beg and make horse-deals with them. You'll be wasting your money paying me for six years where I can not make any meaningful change. I would just curse my way for six years," Duterte said.
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