The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the case of kidnapping and serious illegal detention against Bayan Muna Partylist lawmaker Carlos Isagani Zarate and seven other activists over the mass evacuation of indigenous people in a church compound here.
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte blamed the lack of law enforement authorities during a concert in Pasay City last week which killed five concertgoers.
Eighty one barangays in Davao City were declared under the state of calamity due to the long drought or the El Niño phenomenon that struck their areas and destroyed their crops.
At least 150 traffic personnel will be deployed in the upcoming thanksgiving party of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, June 4 at the Davao Crocodile Park, this city.
The National Democratic Front Mindanao issued its immediate and long-term challenges for presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte, including their demand to stop militarization in the island, where thousands of government troops are deployed to quell Communist and Moro revolutionary groups.