THOUSANDS of banana plantation workers started to arrive in Davao City Thursday to attend the scheduled congressional hearing on controversies hounding the agricultural method of aerial spraying in banana and pineapple plantations.

CITY Health Office (CHO) expressed support Thursday to the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, claiming 78 percent of the Roman Catholic faithful in the country have been using contraceptives

SINCE 2004, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Southern Mindanao has filed 29 cases of human trafficking with two convictions.

Sungguniang Kabataan (SK) president Halila Sudagar said Wednesday that she supports the clamor to amend Republic Act (RA) 9344 or Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act under personal reasons.

CHARGES of Anti-Violence Against Women and Children have been filed against a Japanese national accused of neglecting his family in Davao City last year.

SOME 30 media practitioners from Southern Mindanao gather Friday for the two-day human rights reporting seminar-workshop at the Eden Nature Park and Garden Resort in Toril, Davao City.

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte welcomed and endorsed Wednesday Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Senator Mar Roxas in an impromptu motorcade and tour of the city.

TWO militiamen were killed by New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Toril, Davao City on Tuesday afternoon.

SARANGANI Governor Miguel "Migs" A. Dominguez will head the biggest political party, becoming the youngest chairman of a major political party in the Philippine history.

INTERNATIONAL Contact Group (ICG), whose creation was jointly approved by the Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), had its first meeting in Malaysia, Tuesday.

TRIBAL group members in Monkayo, Compostela Valley filed Tuesday a complaint against National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP)-Davao Region chief Roque Agton Jr. and his staff.

AN EL Niño condition continues to affect the Philippines and the rest of the countries located along the equatorial portions of the Pacific Ocean.

COUNCILOR Ma. Belen Sunga Acosta said Wednesday it was a chance that only 12 councilors were present in the discussion of Reproductive Health (RH) Bill during Tuesday's regular session.

QUESTIONABLE applicants who registered themselves as new voters under the First District have until Friday to answer queries or their application will be cancelled, an official said Wednesday.

DAVAO City Councilor Ma. Belen Sunga-Acosta reiterated Wednesday Department of Education's (DepEd) warning that Christmas celebration in schools "should not be extravagant."