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.
The Armed Forces would detail another battalion here to guard its perimeters, the Davao City Public Safety and Security Command Center here has announced.
After maintaining a zero incident record during recent high profile events here such as the ASEAN Summit and the Miss Universe fashion show, city police chief Senior Supt. Michael John Dubria said he believes the DCPO is already an “expert” at maintaining peace and order.
Traditional leaders of the royal sultanates of Mindanao gathered Thursday here to express their support to the Bangsamoro peace process and the move to shift to a federal form of government.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called for an investigation into the September 2003 killing of Davao broadcaster Jun Pala, a known critic of then mayor and now Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
Amid the criticisms and attempts to bloc her appointment, various environmentalists expressed their support Wednesday to the confirmation of appointment of Gina Lopez, secretary of Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
As a gesture of support on the resumption of peace talks, the National Democratic Front in Mindanao announced Thursday the slated released of the six prisoners of wars who were held captive by the New People’s Army.
