The construction boom felt in Mindanao is seen as a major factor that could potentially decongest the Philippine capital of Manila, where millions of Filipinos from the provinces go for work opportunities.
Lumad and Moro delegates to this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities stormed the south gate of the House of Representatives on Tuesday morning, Sept. 5 to press a zero allocation and budget for the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and call for its abolition.
A local official from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and two others were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation at a high-end subdivision here Sunday, September 3.
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law Manases Carpio said on Monday, September 4, that they are willing to attend the Senate hearing over allegations of their involvement in drug smuggling.
A leading pediatric group in the country is recommending against in-school random drug testing because there’s not enough evidence to show its effectiveness.