BANGKOK, Thailand — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha witnessed the signing of documents on areas of cooperation between the Republic of the Philippines and the Kingdom of Thailand at the Santi Maitri Building, Government House in Bangkok on Tuesday, March 21. The signing ceremony covers the agreement on areas […]
Archives for March 2017
LETTERS FROM DAVAO: Leni, how could you?
I don’t know what got into the brains of VP Leni Robredo. She is missing a lot of opportunities to prove she can lead. Given an important Housing portfolio that would have endeared her to the mass base, she squandered her time and opportunity by traveling in the US and cavort with a cabal of […]
Duterte unfazed by Impeachment complaint
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte shrugged off impeachment complaint filed against him by former renegade soldiers belonging to Magdalo group. Speaking before the FiIlipino community in Myanmar Monday night, March 21, 2017 he doesn’t care of the impeachment complaint filed by partylist Representative Gary Alejano and his cohorts as long as he is […]
Philpost ID: a secure gov’t document document, hard to fake
DAVAO CITY,PHILIPPINES (March 22)—You got the new Philippine Postal Identification card? Then, you have with you a primary document or government legitimate secured ID. The Philpost ID is considered one of the primary government ID because it is difficult to duplicate or fake it. It is packed advanced biometrics-based security features which is hard to […]
PHL donates $300,000 to Myanmar for Rakhine State
The Philippines has donated $300,000—around P15 million—to the communities in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte who was in Myanmar for a state visit turned over the symbolic check to State Counselor and Nobel Peace Price awardee Aung San Suu Kyi after their meeting at the […]
PHL – EU in drug war spat
DAVAO CITY— Philippines lawmakers hit European Union of the foreign interference in the country’s campaign against illegal drugs as the later demanded for the release of a legislator who was arrested on drugs charges. The European Union lawmakers Thursday urged the Philippines government to release Senator Liela De Lima, a former Human Rights Commissioner who […]
Mayor dismissed over P18.9M radio deal
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (March 20) — The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal from service of Lingig Municipal Mayor over over P18.9 “ghost” projects in his town. Lingig, Surigaro del Sur Municipal Mayor Roberto Luna Jr. was found guilty of grave misconduct and serious dishonesty over P18.9-million worth communication equipment from Philflex Trading and […]
Ocular visit
Vice Premier Wang Yang (right) of the People’s Republic of China conducts a site inspection with National Economic and Development Authority-11 director Maria Lourdes Lim and other Chinese officials to the proposed Port and Coastal Development project at Sta. Ana Port in Davao City on Saturday. Newsline Photo
Duterte to visit Myanmar
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte deaparts this afternoon to visit Burma (Myanmar) and talk with the country’s top officials including Nobel Peace Prize awardee and democratic icon Aung San Suu Kyi. At 2pm today Duterte will leave the country via Davao City Internatioal Airport for Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. His first schedule is […]
A solon from Bacolod wants probe in sugar importation: consumer watch plans Softdrinks boycott
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (March 19)— A lawmaker from Bacolod is asking Congress to investigate issues related to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) importation in his hometown. In a resolution filled by Bacolod representative Greg Gansataya of Bacolod, the lawmaker is asking the House Committee on Agriculture to start the probe which he want to lead […]
Old banknotes deadline until March 31
Davao City, Philippines — If you have old bank notes be sure to exchange the same to the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) before it loses value on March 31. This, as the BSP extended the exchange period of old bank notes to give the public a chance to surrender old monetary series. The BSP […]
Paradigm Shift: Davao as the new national capital
AVAO CITY, Philippines –The Davao City Expressway Project gets center stage at today’s exchange of letters between the governments of the Philippines and China. The formal instruments related to the first two feasibility studies of an initial nine national projects getting support from the Chinese. These feasibility studies pertain to the construction, aside from the […]
Ex-UN assembly delegate hits Robredo for ‘misrepresenting’ Filipinos
MANILA — A former delegate to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) assailed Vice President Leni Robredo for “misrepresenting” millions of Filipinos when she addressed the 60th annual meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs via a video message that highlights alleged rights abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called war on drugs. “I am […]