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.
Reacting to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal to stop the spate of bombings in Mindanao, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Wednesday denied they plan to bomb Davao city.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on Thursday said the killing in ambush of Dennis Sakal, a would-be witness in the infamous Maguindanao massacre case may impede the ongoing trial.
The Bangsamoro Freedom Fighter (BIFF) confirmed on Wednesday that some of its guerrillas were in the Middle East fighting alongside with the extremist Islamic State (ISIS).
A spokesman of a Moro breakaway group on Tuesday said it wouldn’t support the United Bangsamoro Justice Party formed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
A Free Dominiciano “Dioning” Muya movement was launched Tuesday by colleagues and human rights advocates at the protestant United Catholic Churches of the Philippines (UCCP) Haran compound.
