City government employees will be enjoying their bonuses this Christmas as the city council approved on Tuesday an ordinance granting Mayor Rodrigo Duterte the authority to release the Productivity Enhancement Incentive.
A group of high-profile politicians from a motley group of political parties and persuasions have renewed previous efforts to unseat President (Benigno III) Aquino from office.
Contingents of a human rights caravan from Mindanao to Manila, Manilakbayan, is now preparing their legal documents to file a case against the Philippine National Police-Quezon City Police District (PNP-QCPD) officerPolice Superintendent Col. Pedro Sanchez and his subordinates, following a violent dispersal last November 29 that left fifteen injured including two media practitioners.
The Mindanao Leaders’ Summit on Federalism held last Monday at the Grand Men Seng Hotel gathered some 100 Mindanao political and sectoral leaders supporting the call for a change to a federal system of government.
A local survey in the city shows that some of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s constituents are not willing to share his leadership style with the rest of the country.
Davaoeños rated further down the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, cutting down their satisfaction by another 11.01 percentage points from the last survey conducted in early this year.
The militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said on Friday that majority of the country’s workers won’t benefit from the Senate-approved tax exemption on the 13th month pay, saying it is a case of “too little, too late.”
A former mayor of Baganga town in Davao Oriental and his fellow former municipal officials were found guilty by the Sandiganbayan of violating the anti-graft law for irregularities in the procurement of auto spare parts.
Police authorities and anti-narcotics agents raided a suspected drug den in Purok Anahaw, Timog Avenue in the Visayan Village, this city which resulted in the arrest of three persons.
A village official of Carmen town, in Davao del Norte, was arrested by anti-narcotics operatives during a buy-bust operation in Davao del Norte province.
