DAVAO CITY (February 1)— President Rodrigo Duterte is giving free housing units through the National Housing Authority (NHA) to soldiers or police personnel who suffered full disability in line of duty. But for those who suffer partial disability, Duterte offered a 50percent discount for their monthly amortization. This means wounded soldier or police will only […]
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Prism
What is the most important thing that you could do for yourself even for just a few hours each day? It could be setting aside time to walk around and keep those beautiful muscles moving, before idly starting the day in front of the work desk. It could be gifting yourself with an hour just […]
Peace Spoilers
Terrorism has no religion. The recent bombing of a Catholic Cathedral in Jolo that killed 20 and the blast in a mosque in Zamboanga City which left two preachers dead and four people wounded was meant to divide a wedge and breed mistrust among peoples. On Sunday last week, two explosions tore the Our Lady […]
Listening as Justice
Listening is justice. Hope springing forth and the courage of individual survivors—indigenous peoples and Bangsamoro to speak out and share their experiences, the group was reminded on the third day of the Mindanao Survivors Solidary Assembly (MSSA) led by the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), that while there are shared pains and trauma as a […]
House OKs medical marijuana bill on 2nd reading
MANILA — The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a proposed bill allowing the use of medical marijuana in the country. House Bill 6517 or the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis, which was principally authored by Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III, has the support of President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. […]
Duterte tells DAR : Fast track land conversion or face dismissal
DAVAO CITY (January 24) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday gave ultimatum to officials and employees of the Department of Agrarian Reform “To fast track land conversions or face dismissal.” Duterte who attended the annual assembly of Provincial Union of Leaders Against Illegalilty (PULI) at the Quezon City Convention Center emphasizedn“Sabi ko, if it takes […]
3,000 army, police and law enforcers to secure DAVRAA 2019
DAVAO CITY (January 23)-— Around 3000 strong contingent from the different law enforcement units here was deployed to secure the DAVRAA Meet 2019 at UP Mindanao Campus in Barangay Mintal here. Maj Gen Benito De Leon, Head of Davao Safety Security Command Center (PSSCC) in his send off message said, sending contingent to the DAVRAA […]
Mandatory Placement
Congress representatives have moved to lower the minimum age of criminal liability of a child offender from 15 to nine years of age, to ‘deter them from taking part in organized criminal activities.’ The recent amendment of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 which exempts minors 15 years of age and below from […]
Comelec deploys 60 cops to replace teachers who refuse to serve in BOL plebiscite
DAVAO CITY (January 21)— The Commission on Elections (Comelec) deployed 60 Policemen trained to perform as election officers to replace the teachers who refused to serve in their assigned voting centers for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, due to alleged threats on their lives. Aside from the refusal of teachers, the disenfranchisement of voters […]
Safe Space
We have monsters in Congress who wants to punish children, as young as nine years old for its failure to put in place an environment where they can grow without being used by adults for criminal activities. It wants to incarcerate children not only for the failure of its parents to raise them well but […]
BOL plebiscite to pave way for peace in Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (January 20)– All system go for the plebiscite in the territorial jurisdiction of the Bangsamoro region on Monday, January 21. It will cover 39 barangays in North Cotabao, areas under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Cotabato City, Isabela City in Basilan, six towns in Lanao del Norte, and other contiguous areas […]
Stay away from left-leaning groups, NYC chief urges youth
MANILA — The National Youth Commission (NYC) has called on Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) leaders to spread nationalism and resist supporting rebel groups. In an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel on Wednesday, NYC Chairman Ronald Gian Cardema said while the government works on bringing down the 50-year old Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), the […]
Transition
FOR the last two weeks, I was caught between the transition of the New Year and in putting in place some things with my daughter who was on her 38th week of pregnancy. I was also running through a deadline, one for a report and another, for an upcoming project evaluation workshop. Like most instances […]