Members of the public transport group Transport of Southern Mindanao for Solidarity, Independence and Nationalism expressed fears of losing their means of livelihood when the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board implements its Jeepney Modernization Plan.
A high ranking Philippines government official on Monday slammed the “barbaric beheading” of Juergen Gustav Kantner in Sulu, a German captive of the Abu Sayyaf group.
The Department of Labor and Employment in the region is targeting unemployed workers aged 18 to 24 years old as beneficiaries for its Jobstart program in a bid to address job mismatch and unemployment.
Claiming that there is a grave abuse of discretion, Senator Leila de Lima’s camp filed Monday before the Supreme Court a petition questioning the legality of her arrest issued in a criminal case for drug trading.
Bishops from various religious denominations n Mindanao called on President Rodrigo Duterte to continue the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
Two members of the New People’s Army were dead after a 40-minute clash with government troops in Asuncion, Davao del Norte, the Army said Sunday.
The New People’s Army is accepting the offer of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to talk with her following a series of armed clashes between guerrilla fighters and government troops in the city’s outskirts.
Tasked to draft proposals of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, the Bangsamoro Transition Commission was formally launched Friday afternoon in Waterfront Hotel Insular Hotel, this city.
A lawyers’ group said it is inaccurate to depict Senator Leila De Lima as a political prisoner.
The militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno urged Congress to drop two provisions in the Labor Code of the Philippines which they said promote contractualization of labor.
