The Davao City Police Office launched on Monday a new security plan to beef up security measures in this city through empowered volunteer police auxiliaries.
Human rights advocates drummed up the call for the release of political prisoners anew days prior to the fifth round of formal talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
The beneficiaries of the city’s 840 unit housing project will be selected through a lottery, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said Monday, May 22.
Instead of expressing statement that incites violence, a militant lawmaker on Monday urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to protect the basic right to shelter of every poor family across the country.
President Rodrigo Duterte left for Russia on Monday afternoon, May 22 for a four-day state visit in said country.
Research group IBON, in a recent statement, welcomed the recent move by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte in rejecting the official development aid from the European Union.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines reiterated their stand that only when reforms on economy and politics are in place can there be negotiations on the end of the armed struggle waged by communists.
Anakpawis Representative Ariel Casilao downplayed the graft complaint filed against Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano, calling it a desperate move after the successful reinstallation of agrarian reform beneficiaries in the land area caught in tug of war between farmers and the Lapanday Foods Corporation.
Duterte also said that he does not want to impose “anything against” on the CA who rejected Lopez despite his public statements supporting her.
President Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted Jose Maria Sison back to the Philippines.
