DAVAO CITY — Thousands of Coronavirus Vaccines (CoronaVac) arrived at the Davao International Airport on Tuesday afternoon (May 11) through Cebu Pacific Pacific Flight. Around 4:05 pm., Cebu Pacific 5J 969 conveyed the 132,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, 29,250 doses of Pfizer and 80 doses of Sinovac. In an interview, Department of Health 11 (DOH […]
ChaCha is divisive, time running out – Alvarez
TAGUM CITY –– Former House Speaker and incumbent Davao del Norte First District Rep. Pantaleon D. Alvarez says the move to change the Constitution will surely divide House of Congress and time is running out for it. In a press conference on Sunday, March 14, Alvarez said while some of his colleagues are pushing for […]
Davao City gets 12k Sinovac vaccines
DAVAO CITY — The city government of Davao on Tuesday morning, March 2, received 12,000 Covid-19 vaccines, its first trance which will be inoculated to front liners in the region. The doses of vaccines landed at Davao International Airport around 6:40 a.m. through Philippine Airlines PR 8809. After the vaccines were unloaded from the plane, […]
Covid-19 surge prompts Davao City to reimpose curfew and limits sale of liquor
DAVAO CITY — The city government here is reimposing the enforcement of curfew and early restriction of selling liquor during the night time following the surge of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases in the past days. Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio released the Executive Order No. 55 Series of 2020 An Orderorder Enforcing Curfew and Regulating other Activities Until […]
Desperate husband burns rented room gutted 67 others including classrooms
DAVAO CITY — A man who just separate from his wife lit his rented room which resulted to the burning of 60 more houses and 7 classrooms in Barangay Leon Garcia, Agdao District, early morning of September 3. No serious injuries nor casualties reported, fire officials declared fire out at around 5:00 a.m and the […]
Mother delivers baby in the arms of Talomo PNP along the national highway
DAVAO CITY —- A healthy baby girl was delivered in the arms of a police nurse along the national highway here. It was an ordinary morning for Talomo police personnel having their morning run when they noticed a pregnant woman touching her tummy at about 6 o’clock in the morning Tuesday, September 1, while forcing […]
Duterte plans to visit families of Jolo blast victims- Go
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte is planning to visit the families of the victims of the gruesome August 24 bombings in Jolo, Sulu before going back to Manila. Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go in an interview Friday said the President wants to personally express his condolences to the bereaved families and visit the soldiers. […]
Task Force Davao tightens city borders
DAVAO CITY — After the twin bombings in Jolo on Monday, August 24, the Task Force Davao has tightened its borders including the sea, land, and water terminals. “We strengthened our borders and all entry and exit points,” says Task Force Davao commander Col. Consolito Yecla in an interview with Newsline.ph, adding that “the three […]
Radyo ni Juan employees dissent sudden closure and dismissal amid COVID-19 crisis
DAVAO CITY—The employees of 94.7 Radyo ni Juan Davao (RNJ) has expressed dissent to the sudden company closure and their dismissal from work by their employer, Infomedia Resources Management (INFORM) Inc., at the height of the COVID19 outbreak. Station’s News Director Efren Armilla said in a statement, the group called the closure as bogus with an […]
Residents expect more with Davao de Oro
DAVAO CITY — When residents cast their votes in a plebiscite to rename their province to Davao de Oro last Friday December 7, they expect more as the new name carries the a Davao brand. Elsa Banayon, 64, said “Kay Davao de Oro na, mas nindot na kay taga Davao man ang President, mas daghan […]
10 ka pulis gi-monitor sa ilang kalambigitan sa druga
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW — PADAYONG gi-monitor sa Police Regional Office (PRO) XI ang napulo (10) ka membro niini tungod sa pagduda nga may kalambigitan sila sa [agpayuhot ug iligal nga druga sa rehiyon. Gikumpirma ni Police Regional Direktor Brigadier General Marcelo Morales, nga napulo pa ka sakop sa PNP XI ang ilang ginatiktikan hangtud karon, […]
Murad : Decommissiong is not surrender
COTABATO CITY — “Decommissioning is not tantamount to surrender. “ This was the declaration of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF ) chairman Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim on Saturday, September 7, as 1,060 combatants of the MILF was decommissioned in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. Murad stressed “We have not given up on our struggle.” “I would like to […]
1st court trial via video conference launched in Davao
DAVAO CITY — A Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch here conducted the first case hearing via a Video Conference involving high risk and high profile inmates from Maa City Jail. RTC Branch 16 Judge Emmanuel Carpio presided the hearings for the arraignment of Leonilo Gonzales alias Banakon, who is charged of attempted murder and the […]