A waste and pollution watchdog group said it found a high concentration of cancer-causing materials in several school supplies.
Marine scientists sailed on Monday, May 23 to discover the biodiversity of the Benham Rise, which covers the country’s new territory.
The Mindanaoan representative of Gabriela Women’s Partylist is still awaiting the decision from the Commission on Elections whether she will sit in as a representative on the 17th Congress.
Incoming Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol vowed to improve Samar province’s productivity and turn it to a model for the government’s intensified intervention to aid poor provinces.
Incumbent Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said that businessman, Carlos Dominguez, best fits the post as the incoming secretary of finance.
Party-list group Anakpawis urged the incoming President Rodrigo Duterte to hold Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman accountable for “negligence” when typhoon Pablo pounded the entire Davao region back in December 2012.
Two progressive solons warned of Red scare tactics that may be used to prevent the resumption of the stalled peace talks between government and the National Democratic Front (NDF).
A total of 160,916 family food packs were distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to families situated in areas hit by El Niňo.
The Army reported that three rebels and a soldier were killed in a series of encounters between the elements of the 60th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley Province on Wednesday, May 18.
There is a possibility for president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to be inaugurated in Davao City, the outgoing mayor’s spokesperson said on Tuesday, May 17.
