President Rodrigo Duterte is keeping his fingers crossed that China will keep its promise to not build anything on the disputed Scarborough Shoal, also known as Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said if government forces are found guilty of looting residents in Marawi City, homeowners should receive reparations.
President Duterte described his visit to Tokyo as the “most productive and engaging” because was able to clinch $9 billion worth of pledge of assistance and investments worth $6 billion.
The Philippine National Police here are on heightened alert as they conducted on Tuesday, October 31 surprise inspections on cemeteries for “Oplan Kaluluwa” on the eve of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.
Evacuees who are returning to Marawi City are urging officials to allow them participate directly in the planning stage and even in the actual rehabilitation.
Anti-narcotics agents from Compostela Valley Provincial Drug Enforcement Ofice arrested a woman during a drug buy operation, the agency said in a statement on Monday, October 30.
Police authorities are looking at the angle of “rido” or clan dispute between families in a shooting incident that injured eight students in Davao del Sur province on Sunday night, October 29.
President Rodrigo Duterte was tight-lipped about the reason on why Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella was replaced by KABAYAN Representative Harry Roque.
Before heading to Japan for his official visit, President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to push for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law on Sunday, October 29 adding that not acting on it may cause trouble in the country.
President Rodrigo Duterte hopes to get the “best” assistance of the Japanese government to aid the Philippines in reconstructing Marawi City, a provincial capital in southern Philippines that was devastated by almost five months of fighting between ISIS-inspired militants and government forces.
