A former local chief executive of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) was dismissed from government service after graft investigators found him guilty of grave misconduct after he received a cash gift of P200,000 from a multi-purpose cooperative.
The day after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared as liberated the embattled city of Marawi, the city and provincial government units announced they were speeding up the recovery and eventual return of displaced residents in the controlled or cleared areas.
A high-ranking military official vowed on Tuesday, October 17 to put an end to communist insurgency by the end of 2018, a statement coming right after President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City “liberated” from the terrorist control.
A labor group now is calling President Rodrigo Duterte an “icon of oligarchs” after he castigated the protesting jeepney drivers for staging a two-day transport strike, an act which the president called as “rebellion.”
A number of domestic workers in the region are still unaware of their rights guaranteed under the Domestic Workers Act, a labor official said.
The drug enforcement agency tasked to oversee and implement the anti-illegal drugs campaign in this region is in need of more operatives, an official said Wednesday, October 18.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that progressive groups are “communists fronts,” is meant to gag dissent, a human rights group said on Wednesday, October 18.
A practicing surgeon in Davao City and a provincial environment chief from Albay province are now facing charges after they were caught holding a pot session on Tuesday, October 17.
Domestic workers in the region are pushing for a more “decent” wage in the region.
A minimum monthly wage of P2,000 for domestic workers in Davao is already “enough” and no longer needs to be increased, a member of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) 11 said Monday, October 16.
