Tuesday, January 29, 2008 (Philippines)

Teen girls from urban poor groups in Davao City list down the types of assistance they received from government during a workshop in the Children's Cluster Consultation in preparation for the NGO Alternative Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. (Sun.Star Davao/Stella A. Estremera) ALTHOUGH the Davao City Government agrees with the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) position against a bill relaxing the requirement to transform a town into a city, it has not called on its employees to wear black armbands and to fly the Philippine flag at half-mast as a sign of protest as most LCP member-cities nationwide planned. House Bill. No. 24 authored by Zamboanga Sibugay Second District Representative Ann Hofer exempts capital towns of provinces from the annual income requirement of P100 million to be qualified as a city. Sun.Star Network Online's coverage of the Sinulog 2008 Festival [full story]