Due to reduction of power supply caused by the effects of El Niño, ?and the sudden shutdown of a unit of a coal plant in Davao City, ?the Davao Light and Power Company started implementing a period of two to four hours of rotational power outages since Wednesday, April 6.
Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno in Southern Mindanao decried the strafing of a worker’s camp last Saturday, April 2 in Pantukan, Compostela Valley province.
A buy bust operation conducted by the Davao City Police and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency had an armed confrontation with a suspect who was killed during the operation in Barangay 76-A Bucana here on Tuesday night, April 5.
The Davao Light and Power Co. announced on Tuesday, April 5 that it will implement two sets of 15-minute switching power interruptions on April 6 and 7 to facilitate the National Grid Corporations of the Philippines' Preventive Maintenance Shutdown (PMS) of its Davao Substation.
As one of the poorest basic sectors in the country, Poe said that she would also push for the increase of the fisher folks’ membership in the National Health Insurance Program and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities with the help of local government units and the private sector.