BASILAN, Philippines – A group of Muslim in the province of Basilan recently expressed strong opposition to the holding of beauty pageant involving Muslim women. The province-wide search for Miss Pakaradjaan 2017 is being opposed as the group claims women in Islam are considered sacred. Ronda de Basilan radio station quoted a Muslim leader saying […]
Archives for March 2017
Meeting at the Peoples Palace
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte meets with officials of the Department of Health, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office at the President’s Hall in Malacañan Palace on March 1, 2017. TOTO LOZANO/Presidential Photo
Duterte fires campaign spokes as NIA Chief over corruption issue
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (March 1)–President Rodrigo Duterte fired National Irrigation Administration chief Peter Laviña Monday over corruption issues. Newsline.ph sources revealed, a group of NIA regional directors met Duterte Thursday night in Panacan, Davao City (his Mindanao extension office) and informed Duterte that Laviña is asking “percentage” from projects implemented, a thing that drew President’s […]
8-year old Sulu hostage reunites with family
Eight year- old boy Rexon Romoc who was kidnapped in Zamboanga Sibugay and held hostage in Sulu for almost 7 months was reunited with his family today. We flew him to Manila and turned him over to his parents Elmer and Nora Romoc after a medical checkup done by Dr. Rose Liquete, chief of the […]
A veteran Cebuano lawyer, does not want to be called ‘attorney’
DAVAO CITY , Philippines (March 1)– As a sign of protest over corruption in the judiciary, Cebuano lawyer Dionisio Cañete no longer wants to be called attorney, a petition granted by the Supreme Court recently. Cañete claims rampant corruption changes decision at the judiciary, a practice he can no longer swallow. In his petition to […]
Food sufficiency amid calamities, but not holocaust – Alonto
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (March 1) – A top agriculture official of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao joined in the central government’s optimism on food sufficiency with the use of modern farming technology amid calamitous circumstances brought about by Climate Change. “We can do it with the huge budget of the Department,” said ARMM Agriculture […]