The authorities are now preparing to file charges against the prime suspect of the Davao bombing.
Various groups are urging President Rodrigo Duterte to end agreements with the United States following his declaration of pushing for an independent foreign policy and the pullout of US Special Forces in Mindanao.
The Public Safety and Security Command Center here has partnered with the Interpol or the International Criminal Police Organization to intensify security measures in the city.
Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad, the only woman member of the government peace panel said that the women’s role in the succeeding rounds of the talks will be important because the output of the talks represent the demands of the women “as a sector and as part of the constituency”.
During the regular session of the city council, Col. Erwin Bernard Neri presented the security plans of the Task Force here to local officials, more than a week after the bombing killed at least 15 people and wounded 69 others at the night market in Roxas Avenue. Neri assumed the command on Thursday, September 8.
A pregnant woman who was among the injured in the Davao bombing died Monday, evening.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said President Rodrigo Duterte has not given the “green light” to the execution of overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso as reported by the Jakarta Post Monday, September 12.
Activists in the city lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement calling on the United States’ responsibilities on the human rights violations in the island of Mindanao, in a picket rally held Sunday, September 11.
President Rodrigo Duterte told reporters that he believes it was the “most telling words” he could say in any international gathering.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s “unprecedented” statement against the United States and urged him to junk agreements.
