The quiet campus town of Maramag, Bukidnon in central Mindanao is now gripped with shock after the bus bombing on Tuesday that claimed ten lives, including five college students, and injuring many other students aboard the bus.
Police authorities here said that the city is still on red alert status after the bus bombing incident in Maramag, Bukidnon that instantly killed 10 and injured 42 others.
Thousands of protesters joined the commemoration of the International Human Rights day in different parts of the region Wednesday.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) said that the killing and wounding of civilians in an ambush against a barangay official in Barangay Marfil, Rosario, Agusan del Sur last November 30 was unintentional and they are ready to indemnify the civilian victim who was killed.
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.
