DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Now that it has happened, the question remains: can former President Rodrigo ‘Digong’ Duterte serve as mayor even if he’s 11,000 kilometers away from Davao City? Duterte, detained in The Hague as he faced trial at the International Criminal Court for his war on drugs...
Chad Booc, Gelejurain Ngujo II were part of a team doing field research on the situation of the Lumad schools before they and three others who assisted them were killed by the military.
An indigenous group in Sumilao, Bukidnon responded to hecklers in social media who mocked their ritual to presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo last week.
As national campaigns begin, candidates have begun ticking off their accomplishments and track record to woo votes.
Women’s groups and other sectoral organizations in the city join the 9th year of the gender-based global campaign One Billion Rising as they called out the attacks against government critics in the region.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) says National Democratic Front peace consultant Pedro Codaste was abducted and summarily executed by the military in Bukidnon, debunking military claims that he died in battle.
Both the city of government of Davao and Southern Philippine Medical Center (SPMC) are experiencing difficulties to hire more personnel to address the surge of COVID-19 cases in Davao Region.
With the slow action of government in response to survivors of Typhoon Odette, lawmakers from Mindanao urged the passage of laws that will create a department focused on disaster response and to build permanent evacuation centers.
Progressive groups commemorate International Human Rights Day with a rally warning that more bloodshed may happen now that the Anti-Terror Law has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
Vice President Leni Robredo’s change of stance on the government’s controversial anti-communist task force prompted a teacher from Caraga to write her about how she was arrested and harassed by this group.
Twelve years after the gruesome Ampatuan massacre, families of the slain media workers slam the recent action from the Ampatuans who sought intervention from the government to overrule their conviction.
Despite the series of confiscation of millions worth of red onions coming in as illegal imported agricultural produce at the Mindanao Container Terminal sub-port in Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental, the smuggling of red onions has continued.
While candidates in previous local elections vow for change as their platform, this candidate backs it with 30 years of grassroots work for empowerment of communities in Mindanao.