DAVAO CITY––Good news for government and private workers: the Commission on Elections has passed two resolutions requesting the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to allow workers to register for the May 2010 polls without marking them absent.

COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Tired of fighting government forces and with the desire to live normal lives, 10 Moro rebels belonging to wanted Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) field commander Ombra Kato have surrendered to military authorities in Maguindanao Wednesday, the Army said yesterday.

Environmentalists here have lined up activities in celebrating the Davao Gulf Week to lessen the impact of climate change in the city’s coastal communities.

The Gabriela Women's Party is saddened with the recent memorandum by the education department to reduce to four hours the classes in public elementary schools saying that "this would mean more streetchildren, schooldrop-outs, gangs and out-of-school youth in our country."