The city government of Davao filed another lawsuit against against Taipan Development, Inc., or Gaisano Capital Group based in Cebu City for alleged violation of the National Building Code of the Philippines after it built a mall without a permit.
Jeepney operators and drivers in Davao City launched a transport strike on Thursday to protest the government’s Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) modernization program.
President Rodrigo Duterte will be in Davao three days before his second State of the Nation Address on Monday.
The over-all crime statistics in Davao del Sur had decreased compared to the 2016 data report, an official said.
The fifth round of the formal talks, which was supposed to tackle the comprehensive agreement on social and economic reforms in August is again on the rocks.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has called on its armed wing to continue its resistance against the imposition of the martial law to which they say would only prolong the restrictions against civil and political freedom in Mindanao.
The government said the announced resumption of the fifth round of peace talks may not proceed if the attacks of the New People’s Army continue.
Four government troopers belonging to the Philippine Security Group were wounded in an encounter with more or less 50 armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army in the boundaries of North Cotabato, Bukidnon and this city on Wednesday morning, July 1.
It was not the first time that activist leaders of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) were received by President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañan, but there was something different during the meeting this time.
President Rodrigo Duterte meets with members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and lawmakers under the Makabayan bloc in Malacañan on Tuesday night. Duterte also met with the leaders of Bayan in Malacañan last year before his State of the Nation Address.
