Tawi-Tawi revives Human-Trafficking Council

Tawi-Tawi seal

Tawi-Tawi officials revived its Provincial Council against Trafficking of Persons (PCAT) last week, according to a report. The reactivation of PCAT is meant to address the growing concerns on the increasing amount of human trafficking from Philippines to Malaysia, Mindanao Cross Global reported. Tawi-Tawi governor Sadikul Sahali headed the PCAT reactivation meeting last week at … Read more

Google Doodle pays tribute to Mendel

Google Doodle of peas

Visited Google this Wednesday and found doodles of peas? Search engine giant Google paid tribute to Gregor Johann Mendel, an Augustinian friar and scientist who celebrated his 189th birth anniversary Wednesday. People who visited Google were greeted with doodles of peas referring to Mendel’s experiment on plant hybridization. Mendel is known as the “father of … Read more

DILG find Duterte “at fault”

Davao City mayor Sarah Duterte and sheriff Abe Andres

Deparment of Interior and Local Government (DILG) fact-finding committee found basis to file administrative charges against Davao City mayor Sarah Duterte regarding the July 1 demolition punching incident. A report was sent Tuesday to President Benigno Simeon Aquino III containing the recommendation to file charges against Duterte said DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo. DILG already sent … Read more

Zamboanga Abducted victims, brought to Basilan

The three people kidnapped on Monday, two of them U.S. citizens, by the bandit group Abu Sayyaf were brought to Basilan province, according to initial reports of the committee aiming for the safe release of the victims. Military reports said Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann, son Kevin Eric, and Filipino relative Romnick Jackaria were kidnapped by 14 … Read more