As she assumes the position of her husband -- the late Councilor Leonardo Avila III -- Lorelyn Trinidad-Avila’s stint at the city council is hoped to be a continuation of the late lawmaker’s advocacy.
Why is Councilor Diosdado Mahipus proposing to amend a city ordinance that removes the green space requirement for development projects when such move has been vetoed by the mayor in February?
Labor groups expressed worry that the recent decision of the Office of the Ombudsman to dismiss local officials does not hold national officials accountable over the slipper factory fire in Valenzuela City last year.
Five soldiers were reportedly hurt and a guerrilla fighter was killed in separate clashes between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New People’s Army in Compostela Valley Province on Saturday, March 5.
A former police officer was killed in a police dawn raid at Purok 4, Barangay Maniki, Kapalong, Davao del Norte on Wednesday, March 2.