President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive order No. 28 regulating the use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnics on Tuesday.
The resumption of peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines may happen in August or September this year, the Communist Party of the Philippines said Wednesday.
An official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines warned the public on Wednesday against scammers who raised money by conducting dinners, lunches and other similar activities to raise funds for the soldiers in the besieged Marawi City.
A member of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit who fired at the Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center in Sitio Nasilaban, Barangay Palma Gil in Talaingod, Davao Del Norte is currently in the custody of the 1003rd Infantry Brigade on Wednesday, an army spokesman said.
Spokesperson Zia Alonto-Adiong of the Provincial Crisis Management Committee denied earlier reports that some displaced families from Marawi have already experienced hunger inside evacuation centers, and that others were already forced to eat blankets and food boxes.
The Department of Education is now establishing learning spaces inside the evacuation centers and public schools here that will provide conducive areas for displaced schoolchildren from Marawi to study their lessons.
Despite the unfavorable weather condition, President Rodrigo Duterte pushed through with his scheduled visit to more than 169 families now seeking temporary refuge at the gymnasium of the Fisheries High School in Buru-un here on Tuesday afternoon, June 20.
Memoranda citing intelligence reports of possible terror attacks in some areas in the country are making its rounds in social media.
The City Council is on the process of finalizing an ordinance which seeks to punish terrorist activities linked to the Islamic State or ISIS.
An associate director of the Ayala Corporation has been appointed as honorary adviser of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
