The city government will construct 5,000 more housing units in two relocation areas here to keep urban poor dwellers living along the riverbanks and government roads safety far from danger zones.
The Philippine Commission on Women on Tuesday has called for amendments to the existing Anti-Rape Law of 1997.
The members of the House Committee on Human Rights probed on Tuesday the shooting of farmers by alleged banana plantation guards of Lapanday Foods Corporation.
Retired policeman and self-confessed “Davao Death Squad” member Arturo Lascañas faced the members of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs in an attempt to pin down anew President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao Death Squad.
The Makabayan bloc in Congress urged the public to oppose and join the protest actions against the death penalty bill after the group decried the railroading of what it described as “anti-poor” bill when it was hastily approved on second reading last Wednesday night.
The Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) said Monday they will release some 2,000 new identification cards for public utility vehicle drivers here under a new system.
A retired police officer and self-confessed hit man of the alleged Davao Death Squad tagged the Presidential son and Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte in “protecting” a suspected man involved in drugs.
In simple commemoration, the city government and the families of victims and survivors, offered candles and flowers at the bomb explosion site at the old airport here Saturday.
The Philippine National Police on Monday re-launched its anti-illegal drugs campaign dubbed as “Oplan Double Barrel,” promising this time a well-coordinated execution of the “war on drugs” operations.
Various sectors in this city are expecting the possibility of seeing Philippines under the federal system in the coming years. This comes after radical reforms to amend the 1987 Constitution are now taking shape led by the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments.