The Calinan Police and Task Force Davao seized P3 million worth of illegal drugs in a checkpoint at Barangay Lacson here on Saturday evening.
Despite the repeated pronouncements of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte against the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, one of his allies in Congress has expressed desire for the giant television network to continue its operations.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government is still keeping its option open to repatriate Filipino workers in Iran and Lebanon even as tensions in the Middle East has calmed down between the United States and Iran.
A former party-list representative and peace advocate has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to proceed with the resumption of the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) after the 15-day reciprocal unilateral ceasefire agreement between the government troops and communist rebels ended on Tuesday night(Jan.7).
Two lawmakers from Mindanao raised their concerns over the death of Filipino overseas workers in Kuwait and Singapore.