The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it is ending the food relief phase of its assistance to areas ravaged by Typhoon “Pablo” as it prepares to roll out the next phase, rehabilitation.
US forces operating in the country under the Joint US Military Advisory Group (Jusmag)along with six, or about half of the Philippine Air Force’s helicopter inventory, have been tapped to speed up the search for hundreds of people still missing in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental in the wake of Typhoon Pablo.
The regional office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Southern Mindanao has directed the transfer of gold-ore-crushing and processing facilities on Mt. Diwata in Monkayo, Compostela Valley, to stanch the pollution of the Naboc River, an important source of water for farming in the province, with mercury and other contaminants.
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is officially seeking a return to the city’s highest post, currently held by his daughter Sara.
Some 900 families displaced by armed conflict and typhoon “Sendong” in five provinces and two cities of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will see the first foundation of their new houses after Ramadan.
President Benigno Aquino ordered his Cabinet on Wednesday, to explain the delay in the implementation of projects funded under the P8.59 billion Transition Investment Plan for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Southern Mindanao is investigating the alleged involvement of local government officials in illegal logging activities in Davao Oriental and neighboring provinces.
A nun, who has been in the forefront of environmental activism in Davao Oriental, said she continues to fear for her life after the military has tagged her as a communist.
There will be no wage hike for Southern Mindanao workers as of yet but they will start receiving the remaining P10 of the P15 cost of living allowance (COLA) granted to them last December in time for the Labor Day.
The Southern Mindanao regional office of the Department of Health said here this week the breeding habits of dengue-carrying mosquitoes have changed and the insects have learned to adapt to climate change.
Battered husbands do exist but most of the time they just keep quiet for fear of being sued themselves under a law protecting women and children against abuses.
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras told reporters here Thursday that the electricity problem in Mindanao was not artificial and it encompasses technical, legal, social and economic issues.
Christian Laping muttered a barely audible “thank you” as he put on a pair of artificial limbs that could make him walk normally again.
