Almost a thousand youth marched along the main thoroughfares here carrying torches on Saturday night to mark the beginning of a two-day youth summit where they will discuss issues such as militarization of indigenous communities and environmental protection.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte still tops at 51.81 % public approval over Mar Roxas with 37.75 % in the online survey conducted by online news BicolToday.com.
A center is being built to take charge of archiving documents, photographs and other records of the city.
An administrator of a school owned by Lumads but run by educators and missionaries from the non-government sector said government appear to receive a “slap in the face” whenever individuals and organizations donate funds, materials and moral support to indigenous peoples.
More than 2,000 police and other security forces will secure the Kadayawan Festival celebrations here on August 17-23.