Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said the closure of the indigenous peoples schools in Davao del Norte province is a “stupid idea”.
A month after he was captured by the New People’s Army, Private First Class Khen Subere is now able to reunite with his family.
Thousands of farmers hit by drought were promised 3,000 sacks of rice they demanded in a four-day protest in the municipalities of Maramag and Kitaotao in the province of Bukidnon.
Authorities have arrested on Thursday morning Councilor Sergio Batistis, Jr. of Albuera, Leyte after selling fake receipts of the Philippine Councilors League in a mall here.
A teary-eyed Lucia Subere, mother of Private First Class Khen Subere, appeared before the members of the press here on Wednesday to call on government to stop military operation to give way for the immediate release of her son who was captured by the New People’s Army on April 12 in South Cotabato.
Residents of a village in Baganga town, Davao Oriental have fled and refused to return to their village two weeks after the Army accused them of relaying information of troop movements to the New People’s Army, a human rights group said.
The New People’s Army in South Cotabato declared an Army trooper its prisoner of war.
Third District Councilor Bernard Al-ag during regular session Tuesday, expressed his disappointment on the poor accessibility of services offered by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Teachers and students here welcomed the first day of school with a protest against the K to 12 program.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday revealed that his family does not want him to run for presidency this 2016 election.
