The City Council approved during its regular session on Tuesday the proposed resolution enacting an ordinance that will ban mining activities here.
The recent mass layoff of GMA network employees violated the workers’ rights to due process, a labor group said.
The execution of Filipina human trafficking victim Mary Jane Veloso has been delayed by the Indonesian government.
Human rights group Karapatan here said a group of armed men attempted to forcibly enter their office at around 7:00 pm Monday.
A Moro group condemned the killing of children and women including several civilians at a Moro community in Sitio Mangampong in Barangay Park Area, Wao town in Lanao del Sur.
About 1,000 indigenous peoples from five different areas of Mindanao staged on Thursday a human chain outside the Armed Forces’ Eastern Mindanao Command here to protest alleged abuses in tribal areas.
Some 5,000 workers are set to join a rally being organized by the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on May 1 to celebrate the International Labor day and to commemorate the group’s 35th founding anniversary.
Sanchez said they will use the confiscated weapons to equip newly formed additional NPA platoons.
An alleged big time pusher from Marawi City with more or less P900,000 worth of illegal drugs got busted here at around 4:53 pm Saturday.
The union of the banana plantation owned by Nader & Ebrahim S/O Hassan Philippines, Inc. (NEH) in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte paralyzed the operation for two days before the company finally gave in to their demands.
