There are now eight fatalities in Surigao City after the 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the province of Surigao del Norte.

President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would not interfere with the decision of Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez to close various mines in Surigao del Norte.

Surigao City airport was greatly damaged by magnitude 6.7 earthquake that hit Surigao Province on February 10, 2017. The damage prompted the airlines to divert the flights to Butuan City. (Rey Baniquet/Presidential Photo)

On its 48th founding anniversary, the Communist Party of the Philippines’ held its national peace caravan in Barangay Lumiad, Paquibato district here.

Devotees of the popular Black Nazarene welcomed the replica image at the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Parish in Apokon, this city.

The Communist Party of the Philippines demanded that President Rodrigo Duterte must end the military’s Oplan Bayanihan as the group marked the 100th day of the effectivity of the unilateral declaration for an interim ceasefire issued last Aug. 26 by the CPP Central Committee.

The Rotary Club of Downtown Davao and the Tecarro College Foundation Inc., will host the first Mindanao-wide Peace Bodies Organization for Change training for youth leaders in communicating peace.

Despite the heavy downpour of rain expected today, thousands of activists and Martial Law victims are expected to join the “Black Friday” protest action to denounce the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes’ Cemetery.

A spokesman of the New People’s Army said its unilateral ceasefire declaration might be cut-short because of a looming armed encounter between their troops and that of the government.

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that Mindanao will get the largest chunk of the DPWH budget for next year, with 38 percent.