Rice producer-consumers group Bantay Bigas and Anakpawis staged a protest action on Wednesday in front of the National Food Authority (NFA) office in Quezon City, as it assailed the government for letting the depletion of the country's affordable rice stocks happen and for its continued reliance to importation.
The City Council's Housing Committee chief said around 125 urban poor families will benefit from the local shelter plan once Mayor Sara Duterte approves of its 39-billion-peso budget.
Davao City Councilor Conrado Baluran, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Communication, urged for the holding of a public dialogue with taxi drivers who are complaining of price increase of rental fee and calibration.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday released from its custody Australian missionary nun and known human rights advocate Sister Patricia Fox, a day after she was “illegally arrested and detained" by authorities.
Davao City officials including Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio traveled to Japan for a series of lectures on urban planning and infrastructure development.