The Armed Forces of the Philippines said a member of the New People’s Army was killed and one soldier was wounded in series of armed confrontations that took place on Thursday morning, August 3, in the provinces of Davao Occidental and Compostela Valley.
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives welcomed the signing into law of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers lauded Friday President Rodrigo Duterte's signing of the Free on Higher Education Act which will implement non-collection of tuition and miscellaneous fees for all government-run colleges and universities.
Duterte said this is a “show of recognition and appreciation” to the government troops who are in the frontline of the administration’s war against terrorism and illegal drugs.
Two weeks since President Rodrigo Duterte announced he does not want to talk to the communists anymore the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said ?it ha?s not yet received a formal notice from the Philippine government.