P180B Down the Drain? Senate flags massive losses to ghost flood projects
MANILA (December 4) — Billions in public funds meant to protect communities from flooding may have never reached the ground at all.
Senate President Pro...
Duterte defense appeals ICC denial of interim release, but rights advocates stress victims’ quest for accountability
December 4 – The defense team of former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte has appealed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision denying him interim release,...
DOLE steps up safety checks on pyrotechnics firms as holiday risks rise, warns of heavy social costs of unsafe practices
MANILA (December 4) — With holiday demand pushing pyrotechnics production into its most dangerous season, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered...
DILG holds off on Duterte succession ruling as questions mount in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (December 4) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Monday that the status of Sebastian “Baste” Duterte and...
Rising HIV cases in Caraga: DSWD steps in to aid 213 affected
BUTUAN CITY (December 4) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended aid to 213 people living with HIV (PLHIV) in...
P10-M agri-aid reaches Davao Occidental — farmers say support is long overdue in a region battling inequality, youth outmigration
DAVAO CITY (December 3) – After years of chronic underinvestment in some of Mindanao’s most remote farming communities, over PHP10 million in agricultural aid...
