Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza announced Tuesday that the draft of the new Bangsamoro Basic Law will finally be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte on July 17, seven days before the State of the Nation Address and a day earlier that was previously set by the Palace.
The city’s 18th council passed on the third and final reading on Tuesday, July 11, an ordinance prohibiting and punishing the act of leaving bags unattended in public places.
President Rodrigo Duterte failed on a few items of his promises according to a survey participated by residents in Davao City.
Two militant lawmakers hit out the joint circular issued by the Civil Service Commission, Commission on Audit, and Department of Budget and Management, saying that it allows labor contractualization instead of ending it in the public sector.
Now that Davao City Archbishop Romulo Valles is elected as the new president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the CBCP is urged to support Mindanawons as government officials mull the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao.
Malacañang distanced itself from House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’ views to extend the ongoing military rule in Mindanao after he reportedly said he would seek legislative support from his colleagues in Congress.
The Philippine government has granted Presidential pardon to 10 political prisoners last week, bringing to 49 the total number of political detainees released under the Duterte administration.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines said ISIS-linked Maute group are utilizing children and minors to fight government ground forces as the Marawi crisis now enters on its seventh week.
The governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is alarmed with the reports of the implementation of an identification system which only applies to Muslims in a town in the province of Tarlac.
President Rodrigo Duterte said he has no plans yet to lift martial law before his State of the Nation Address this month.
