We are currently facing an unprecedented health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the world also represents a new challenge for the press, which was already battling smear campaigns and defamation. Today, citizens are on lockdown, eager for news like never before. And more than ever, the news must be fact-checked, verified. Because disinformation spreads […]
2 returning seafarers in Lanao found with coronavirus
ILIGAN CITY —– Two of the eight seafarers who arrived at Iligan port early morning on Wednesday (April 29) were tested positive of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies in a rapid test before they were brought by the medical teams to a quarantine facility in their respective places. Of the two, one is a resident of […]
Grenade blast kills 2 minors, Maguindanao exec orders probe
COTABATO CITY – Mayor Yacob Ampatuan of Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao has ordered an investigation into the grenade blast incident that killed two minors in a remote village of the town on Saturday. Ampatuan also ordered the creation of a committee that will craft measures to prevent similar freak accidents in the future. Two grade-schoolers were killed […]
105 Cops already infected with Covid-19
MANILA – The number of Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel found positive of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has reached 105, an official said on Saturday. In a statement, PNP Health Service Director, Brig. Gen. Herminio Tadeo Jr. said seven more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in recent tests by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine […]
Tanang pulis sa Tudela, MisOcc gi-quarantine
DAKBAYAN SA OZAMIZ -Gipailawom karon sa quarantine ang tanang sakop sa kapolisan sa Tudela Misamis Occidental human mag positibo sa COVID19 ang Rural Health Nurse sa lungsod. Gipahayag ni PCAPT Alibsa Deraba, bag ong Hepe sa Tudela MPS nga karong buntag siya ug ang iyang team ang gidestino sa Tudela samtang gi quarantine sulod sa […]
1 patay, 3 samaran sa bangga sa Dabaw
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW— Patay gilayon ang usa ka 39-anyos nga nailhang si Melanie Ligan nga pasahero sa mitsubishi adventure nga gimaneho ni Edgardo Gan alas 12:20 Biernes sa udto sa Guerrero St. Corner Ramon Magsaysay St. Davao City human gibanggaan sa naghaguros nga armored car. Sa imbistigasyon sa Sta Ana Police Station Traffic Division nagdagan […]
AFP nagmadaugon batok sa mga rebelde human sa ceasefire
DAVAO CITY — Ang Armadong Kusug sa Pilipinas (AFP) nakapuntos og dako batok sa mga rebeldeng komunista human nga natapos ang “unilateral ceasefire” nga gideklarar ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte tungod sa pag-ulbo sa coronavirus disease (Covid-19) sa nasud. Sukad natapos ang ceasefire niadtong Abril 16, ang AFP nakahimo og 34 ka mga combat operation nga […]
BHWs, Day Care workers, Tanods can qualify for SAP
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has adopted the recommendation of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to include eligible families of barangay health workers, daycare workers, and tanods as target beneficiaries of the emergency subsidy under the Bayanihan Fund: Tulong Laban sa COVID-19 Social Amelioration Program (SAP) […]
Wala na’y mga sports activity karong tuiga
ANG Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) mikanselar sa tanang mga sports event sa tibuok nasud karong tuiga. Mao kini ang gipahibalo ni PSC chairman William “Butch” Ramirez sa mga sportswriter pinaagi sa text niadtong Miyerkules, Abril 29. Matud pa ni Ramirez nga wala na’y mga sports activity nga pagahimuon sa tibuok nasud hangtud nga wala pa’y […]
22 ka lugar sa Davao City gipaubos sa lockdown
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW — Mokabat sa 22 ka mga lugar sa katorse ka barangay ning dakbayan ang gipa-lockdown ni Mayor Sara Duterte tungod sa mga bag-ong kaso sa coronavirus disease. Matud ni mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio sa iyang interbyu sa DCDR, ang gipang-lockdown naglakip sa 17 ka panimalay, upat ka compound, ug usa ka karsada sa […]
Finally home for 183 Stranded Filipinos in Malaysia
DAVAO CITY —The Philippine Embassy in Malaysia sent home 183 Stranded Filipinos in Malaysia. The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur sent off a total of 183 Filipinos stranded in Malaysia on 28 April 2020 through mass repatriation it organized with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila. Ferried via a Philippine […]
Alert up in SoCot vs. entry of persons from Covid-hit areas
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police personnel in South Cotabato have tightened their monitoring of vehicles entering the province’s borders to prevent the entry of individuals from areas with confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Lt. Renjun Bagaman, the spokesperson of the South Cotabato Police Provincial Office said Thursday, they received reports that a number […]
Davao airport nangandam na sa ‘new normal’
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW – Ang Francisco Bangoy International Airport nangandam na sa ipatuman nga “new normal” sa panahon nga ibalik na unya ang operasyon sa commercial flight. Gimarkahan na sa Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) – Davao ug Airport Police ang mga lugar kung diin mahimong molingkod o mobarug ang mga pasahero sulod […]