Davao Oriental, February 4, 2024 -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian attended the relief distribution in Davao Oriental on Sunday. Gatchalian and Undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group Diana Rose S. Cajipe arrived at the Mati City Airport yesterday for the simultaneous relief operations for the affected families … [Read more...] about Gatchalian present in Davao Oriental relief ops
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NTF-ELCAC chief rejects call to scrap ‘relevant’ task force
MANILA – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) remains relevant in the ongoing peace efforts of the Philippine government, its executive director Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr. said Saturday.Torres was responding to United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on Freedom of Expression Irene Khan’s call for the abolition of NTF-ELCAC, … [Read more...] about NTF-ELCAC chief rejects call to scrap ‘relevant’ task force
Año: Gov’t to use ‘resolute’ force to quell attempts to divide PH
MANILA – National Security Adviser Eduardo Año emphasized on Sunday that the government will do everything to prevent any attempt to dismember the country. “Any attempt to secede any part of the Philippines will be met by the government with resolute force," Año said in a statement as he rejected the idea to separate Mindanao from the rest of the Philippines. The … [Read more...] about Año: Gov’t to use ‘resolute’ force to quell attempts to divide PH
Four BARMM governors against call for Mindanao secession
DAVAO CITY --- Four of the six provincial governors under the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Friday declared their opposition against the proposal of former president Rodrigo Duterte calling for a Mindanao Independence Movement. In a statement issued on Friday, Governors Yshmael I. Sali of Tawi-Tawi, Hadjiman S. Hataman-Salliman of Basilan, … [Read more...] about Four BARMM governors against call for Mindanao secession
Brawner lauds Army’s 10th Infantry Division
DAVAO CITY --- Armed Forces Chief of Staff Brig. Gen Romeo Brawner lauded the efforts of the men and women of the 10th Infantry (Agila) Division for its extraordinary mission accomplishments, including its Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) Operations in Southeastern Mindanao. During his visit to Camp General Manuel T. Yan Sr. in Mawab, Davao De Oro, … [Read more...] about Brawner lauds Army’s 10th Infantry Division
