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DAVAO CITY (PIA) - A total of 822 barangays nationwide which were cleared from the influence of the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army-National Democratic Fund) will be receiving a development assistance of P20-million each under the Barangay Development Program (BDP) . Of the 822 barangays about 215 of these villages are located in Davao Region. Davao City has 82 barangay beneficiaries followed by Davao de Oro with 65 barangays, 32 barangays in Davao Oriental, 23 ...

El Cajon Residents to a Take Stand for the Homeless By Andrea Lopez-Villafaña Community members are planning to illegally feed individuals who identify as homeless in the City of El Cajon in the coming weeks in response to an emergency City Council ordinance prohibiting “food sharing” in public places. The Facebook event titled, “Break the Ban – Feeding the Homeless in El Cajon” is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 19. “When a law is immoral, it must be rejected,” the post reads. “Thi...

The large event hall in downtown where politicians gather on election nights will now house some of San Diego's most vulnerable homeless population as the City prepared for an anticipated increase in COVID-19 cases.

CEBU, Jan. 20 (PIA) -- The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) officially

Print Homelessness is hardly new in Oceanside, but there seems to be a growing intolerance of it. In recent weeks, longtime residents have repeatedly called for the city to roust the transients from their camps, stop feeding them free meals, and get them out of town. “No more Brother Benno’s,” resident Donna McGinty told the City Council at a recent meeting, referring to the soup kitchen near the city airport that has fed the homeless since 1983. “That has got to go.” She and other sp...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 12 (PIA) -- A former member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) surrendered to police in Tarlac. 50-year old "Ka Gringo" is a former member of Sangay sa Yunit Propaganda Kilusang Larangang Guerilla operating in the municipalities of Capas and San Jose. Police Regional Director PBGen. Valeriano De Leon said that it is another achievement for Central Luzon police as it supports the implementation of President Duterte’s Exe...

2 charged with murder in connection with year-old homicide; one suspect apprehended in Syracuse Updated Dec 29, 2020; Facebook Share UTICA, NY - Two men were arraigned today on charges of second-degree murder in connection with a homicide in Oneida County back in early January. Jalil D. Pacheco and Isaiah A. Moore, both 20, of Utica, were indicted on the charges, which stem back to a Jan. 8 homicide in the town of Whitestown, said Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol. He notified the community...

BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 30 – Few days before the year 2020 closes, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Regional Welfare Office (OWWA RWO) Caraga has recorded a total of 9,309 returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) including their dependents that have been assisted by its ongoing repatriation assistance beginning April 29, 2020. Of this number, 2,040 were residents of Butuan City, 1,838 from Agusan del Norte, 1,615 from Agusan del Sur, 1,590 from Surigao del Norte, 1,854 from Surigao...

Isaiah A Moore, left, and Jalil D. Pacheco. Two arrests have been made in connection with a homicide that took place in January in Whitestown, according to Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol. Posted: Dec 29, 2020 2:52 PM Updated: Dec 29, 2020 5:08 PM Posted By: WKTV UTICA, N.Y. –  After nearly a year, two arrests have been made in connection with a homicide that took place in January in Whitestown, according to Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol. On Jan. 8, 20-year-old Quaheim Holland, o...

SAN DIEGO —  Sometimes the road out of homelessness can begin with something as simple as getting an identification card, filling out the right form or talking with the right social worker. And sometimes, it takes a friend in the know to help with those things. With that in mind, the San Diego Rescue Mission is launching Walk With Me, an outreach program that will pair volunteers with homeless people on a one-to-one basis. “I feel like the mission’s been playing defense for 65 years,”...