Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he was at first hesitant to help a soldier recently held by the New People’s Army when he learned that the Prisoner of War (POW) was involved in illegal logging and drug use.
Prolonged power outages have angered first-time registrants during the city’s continuing voter’s registration at the Commission on Election.
Mounting offensives from both Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New People's Army have escalated in the past weeks as the government peace panel snubbed proposals to re-open talks with the National Democratic Front.
The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) here would fence off a public park here from shady juvenile and adult transactions that has sparked the ire of city government officials.
A retired executive judge of the Regional Trial Court here doused cold water on arguments for the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in Congress, warning that it may narrow down the avenue to compel government offices to release important documents.