Politics

No ‘keeping’ of street children during ASEAN meeting, DSWD official says

No ‘keeping’ of street children during ASEAN meeting, DSWD official says

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Aug 01, 2017

There will be no keeping of street children in order to please the sight of the major streets of Metro Manila during the conduct of the 50th ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nation) Foreign Minister’s Meeting that will start on Wednesday, August 2 until the 8th of this month, a senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development assured.

IN PHOTOS | Images of Marawi evacuees two months after the siege

IN PHOTOS | Images of Marawi evacuees two months after the siege

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Aug 01, 2017

When the fighting broke ​out ​two months ago, many of Marawi’s residents refused to give up their homes, certain that the military would be able to handle the Maute — a previously small, ragtag band of extremists who pledged allegiance to the ISIS by occupying an abandoned municipal hall in nearby Butig town.

Parojinog daughter asks Duterte to probe Ozamiz raids

Parojinog daughter asks Duterte to probe Ozamiz raids

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Jul 31, 2017

Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog urged President Rodrigo Duterte to investigate the series of raids carried out by the joint team of police and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) agents in the family’s residences that led to the death of her parents and 13 others on Sunday.

CHR to probe police op vs Parajinogs

CHR to probe police op vs Parajinogs

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Jul 31, 2017

The Commission on Human Rights will conduct an investigation ​into the killing of 15 individuals​,​ including the Mayor of Ozamiz City, Reynaldo Parojinog Sr in a police operation on Sunday dawn.