A very good performance rating was given to the members of the 19th City Council for their legislative work in the July-December period last year.
Makabayan lawmakers are seeking investigation on the “illegal and forcible entry” of military agents into the Lumad evacuation center located at a church-owned compound here last Saturday, Jan. 25.
A lawmaker from Mindanao has expressed alarm over the plan of the Duterte government to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States while the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) says it’s time to do so.
More than 55 percent of police officers of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) are overweight and have been ordered to trim down their weight, which will be subjected to monthly evaluation.
The City Council may take on the recommendation to create a separate division for the Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC) for better staffing and budget.
A lawmaker has appealed to Solicitor General (SolGen) Jose Calida to reconsider his plan on filing a quo warranto case versus the franchise of ABS-CBN.
The Calinan Police and Task Force Davao seized P3 million worth of illegal drugs in a checkpoint at Barangay Lacson here on Saturday evening.
Despite the repeated pronouncements of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte against the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, one of his allies in Congress has expressed desire for the giant television network to continue its operations.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government is still keeping its option open to repatriate Filipino workers in Iran and Lebanon even as tensions in the Middle East has calmed down between the United States and Iran.
A former party-list representative and peace advocate has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to proceed with the resumption of the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) after the 15-day reciprocal unilateral ceasefire agreement between the government troops and communist rebels ended on Tuesday night(Jan.7).
