President Rodrigo Duterte admitted he was hurt by the remarks of former President Benigno Aquino III, who said that nothing happened a year after his administration implemented the war on drug.
As the fighting in Marawi City enters its 74th day today, it is not far-fetched that women and children displaced by the ongoing fighting are now being targeted by traffickers in the country, women’s groups here said Friday.
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.