Davao City Councilor Conrado Baluran said that he will pass a resolution to require installation of speed limiting device to all passenger utility vans operating within the city.
The government maintained there will be no negotiations with the remaining members of Maute group who are still fighting against the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the war-torn areas in Marawi City.
With failed promises in the negotiating table, will peace talks prosper under the Duterte administration?
A Philippine senator lauded Tagum City for its pro-environmental practices despite its progressive development.
Despite not having been seen in public for almost a week now, President Rodrigo Duterte is in the pink of health, the Palace’s communications secretary on Monday assured.
Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, who is also national chairman of the Philippine Councilors League said President Rodrigo Duterte continues to enjoy popularity in the Marawi City.
Two cadavers of middle-eastern persons were among those recovered by government troopers as air and ground operations continue in the battle to win back Marawi after the ISIS-linked Maute Group launched a siege more than a month ago.
A militant lawmaker said soldiers had threatened to rape women from Marawi City following the assurance of President Rodrigo Duterte that he will own the responsibility if they raped women.
At least 10 hours of “humanitarian pause” between the government troops and Maute group on Sunday gave way for the rescue of six civilians including an elderly.
The military accused the New People’s Army of killing a 10-year-old Mandaya student in Davao Oriental province when it attacked the house of a suspected military informant on Sunday dawn.
