DAVAO CITY — The city government of Davao will intensify its dengue campaign in 2024, in an effort to fight the disease in various communities of the city by fully strictly implementing Ordinance No. 0401-20, Series of 2020, which mandates the creation of a Dengue Task Force within Barangays as well as penalizing residents found […]
PRO XI declares zero tolerance for indiscriminate firing
DAVAO CITY — The Police Regional Office XI will not tolerate anyone found indiscriminately firing their gun during the New Year celebration. PNP Regional Director Brig. Gen. Alden Delvo said “We will not hesitate to implement the full force of the law to anyone violating the order.” Delvo said the PNP did not seal the […]
200 Mujahideen scholars from BARMM complete tech-voc courses
DAVAO CITY — A total of 200 Bangsamoro Mujahideen scholars from ten camps of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) graaduated from the Technical Vocational Courses on December 19. The culminating activity was held at at Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural […]
DOH to hospitals: Go on Code Red for New Year revelries
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health on Friday ordered all public and private health facilities to go on a “Code White” alert until Jan. 4, 2024. The order is in preparation for the New Year revelries prepare for health-related incidents this holiday season. The standard Code White: Aggressive/Hostile/Combative Person. It also means that hospitals […]
Duterte nanguna nga piliion pagka-senador
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO—Nag una ang pagnalan ni kanhi president Rodrigo Duterte sa mgha pangalan nga pillion isip senador alang sa 2025 mid-term elections. Kini ang migawas sa survey nga gipahigayon sa Publicus Asia Inc., usa ka survey firm. Sumala sa Publicus sa iyang Pahayag End of Year voting disposition survey, migawas nga 49 porsyento sa […]
Immigration officers caught an airport employee escorting human trafficking victims
DAVAO CITY — Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 caught an airport employee escorting three passengers attempting to depart for Dubai, UAE, transiting through Thailand last December 22. The Immigration press statement stated that the passengers, initially posed as friends from General Santos City on vacation, but […]
Thousands of OFWs in Taiwan and Hongkong to benefit new wage orders-DMW
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) says thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan and Hongkong stand to benefit from new wage orders starting this fourth quarter 2023 to January 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday, DMW Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Hans Leo J. Cacdac stated, “We thank Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor […]
Police files charges vs civilian who manuevered army truck
DAVAO CITY — The San Pedro Police today filed charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide, multiple injuries and damage to properties against Crenenandy Rodriguez Cadiente, 44-year-old from Purok 12 St John Bucana, the civilian who drove KM450 assigned to Task Force Davao. It can be recalled that on Sunday, December 24, two market […]
Farmer accidentally plows unexploded 40mm grenade in Maguindanao
DAVAO CITY — It was a regular farm day workfor Sandot Abad Peling until he accidentally plowed an unexploded 40-millimeter grenade projectile in Barangay Sapalan in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte last Thursday afternoon. The bomb exploded but fortunate,y he was unharmed but his motorized hand tractor did not, it was in a total […]
Two ‘undesirable’ foreign men denied entry to PH over sex crimes
DAVAO CITY –— Two foreigners who have been convicted on cases related to sexual exploitation were barred entry by The Bureau of Immigration (BI). Immigration Commissioner Norman Yansingco identified the two foreigners as James Riley Grant, American and Australian Gideon Hayes, Australian, The two were intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on December […]
DOH says 28 fireworks-related injuries until Christmas Day
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health on Monday reported twenty eight (28) cases of fireworks-related injuries all over the country were recorded until Christmas Day. The health department reported, from 6 a.m. of December 24 to 5:59 a.m. of December 25, they listed an additional 16 fireworks-related injuries were among aged 6 to 35, […]
40K Davaoeños flock to Duterte’s old house on Christmas Day
DAVAO CITY — Over forty thousand (4,000) residents from the various Barangays in Davao City started lining up at Christmas dawn in Taal, Barangay Bangkal of this city to receive the annual Christmas gift from the family of former President Rodrigo Duterte. The event, dubbed as Pahalipay sa Taal, no one goes home empty handed […]
2 killed,3 wounded as military truck plowed into Christmas Eve shoppers in Davao City
DAVAO CITY — Two Christmas Eve shoppers were killed while three others were wounded when the KM450 truck driven by a civilian rammed plowed Pichon Street in Bankerohan Public Market at around 5:30 in the morning today. San Pedro Police Chief Major Marvin Hugos identified the victims as Jamie Lopez Cole 63-years-old from Km. 10 […]