DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June) – Incoming agriculture secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol is planning to employ farmers in El Niño-stricken areas through the cash-for-work program to assist them in the recovery stage. Piñol told a press conference at the
GIGAQUIT, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 16 June) – Roman Catholic priests in this municipality have been reiterating their call against the planned limestone quarry activities in the village of San Isidro. Fr. Nick Penados, the parish priest of Gigaquit,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June) – Environmental group Green Philippines will partner with the lumads in Marilog District here to re-forest and develop about 100 hectares of land, which will be poised as an eco-tourism destination. Green Philippines president
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June) – Former pastor Ernesto “Ernie” Abella will now take on the post as the presidential spokesperson, the position which President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte temporarily gave to lawyer Salvador Panelo. In a Facebook live interview
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June) – The environment group Green Philippines launched a “Dutertree Challenge” that calls supporters of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to plant trees on June 25, Arbor Day, in a bid to mitigate the effects of climate
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June) – After four years in limbo, formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) will resume on the third week of July in Oslo, Norway under the Duterte administration.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 15 June) — The inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President-elect Leni Robreo will be separate instead of joint “to be fair to Leni,” a member of Duterte’s Inaugural Committee said. In a statement issued late
