DAVAO CITY, Philippines (February 3)–President Rodrigo Duterte is not ready to give in to the demands of the New People’s Army (NPA) to immediately release about 400 political prisoners . This, after the Central Committee on the Communist Party Wednesday (February 1) announced their withdrawal from the unilateral ceasefire agreement with the government. Speaking before […]
Archives for February 2017
A Philippine Eagle goes home
A juvenile Philippine Eagle is freed to its habitat Tuesday, January 31, a month after rehabilitation by the Philippine Eagle Center. (Edgardo Calderon of CENRO Kiamba for SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)
Newly-engaged junior officer killed by suspected NPAs in Davao Oriental
DAVAO CITY — A junior army officer who was engaged weeks ago was killed when armed men suspected to be members of the New People’s Army attacked the joint military and police team in Sitio Paliwason, Brgy. Lambog, Manay, Davao Oriental Wednesday afternoon , February 1, 2017. The soon to be wed soldier was identified […]
Duterte wants total log ban
MANILA, Philippines –President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of a tripartite committee that would study the implementation of a total log ban in the country. The announcement came a week after flashfloods damaged multi-million properties and crops in Davao region and major cities in Mindanao. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a statement announced “The […]
Duterte disbands police anti-drug units
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte disbanded the sis-month-old anti-drugs units of the Philippine National Police following the killing of a South Korean businessmen by rogue officers. Duterte emphasized that police stations would no longer have an anti-drug units. “Wala na iyon. If you violate that, I will dismiss you kung meron. Hindi lang iyon, […]
Gov. Hataman declares ARMM ecozone ‘halal hub’
Cotabato City (January 30, 2017) – Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has officially declared the Polloc Freeport and Ecozone in Parang, Maguindanao as ‘halal hub’, the first truly halal ecozone in the country. “The ARMM government is continually working to open the possibilities to the halal market in the […]