KIDAPAWAN CITY –Aggrieved over what they claimed to be unfair and unjust release of the royalty fees for their lands, Manobo landowners at the foothills of Mt. Apo occupied the road of Barangays Sabayan and Ilomavis leading towards the geothermal plant site to demonstrate protest. Armed with placards to dramatize their demand for the release […]
Zamboanga Press Club alarmed over media restrictions
DAVAO CITY — Media practitioners in Zamboanga City expressed alarm over what they describe as “restrictions” in the coverage of the arrival of anti-COVID 19 vaccines. In a statement issued March 11, the Zamboanga Press Club (ZPC), Inc. said that members of the media were confined at an out-of-way place inside the arrival area of […]
Congressman Alvarez starts voters’ education in Davao Region
TAGUM CITY — Hundreds of youths, women and community leaders from different municipalities of Davao Region have participated in the “voters’ orientation seminar” held in Tagum City last March 14. “It is imperative that our voters must be educated about their right to suffrage so they can join us in choosing our next president in […]
DTI-Region 10 joins advocacy against plastic pollution
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Northern Mindanao regional office joins with consumer organizations in the advocacy against plastic pollution as the World celebrates Consumer Rights Day on March 15. In a statement, DTI Northern Mindanao said, “This year’s celebration highlights the role of consumers and consumer advocacy in tackling plastic […]
BARMM steps up Covid-19 response efforts
COTABATO CITY – The leadership of the newly-established Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has upped the ante in meeting the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, as it prepares to establish a cold chain facility to store much-needed vaccines. In a recent meeting of the Joint Humanitarian Team between BARMM officials and representatives […]
Town hall closed due to Covid-19 cases
COTABATO CITY – Mayor Romeo Araña of Midsayap in North Cotabato ordered on Friday the disinfection of the municipal hall after nine employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Araña said the employees were subjected to antigen tests that turned out to be positive of the disease. Confirmatory swab tests done on the employees […]
Northern Mindanao drivers get DOTr cash subsidy
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Thousands of public utility vehicle drivers in Northern Mindanao have availed of the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) service contracting program, the agency’s cash subsidy program, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) said Friday, March 12. Launched last year by the DOTr to help drivers who are coping with the loss in […]
Go-Duterte tandem dominates Pulse Asia poll
MANILA – Filipino voters prefer Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and President Rodrigo Duterte to be the respective president and vice president of the country in 2022, according to the pre-election survey conducted by private polling firm Pulse Asia. Pulse Asia, in its February 10 to 19 poll, disclosed that the possible Go-Duterte tandem is the […]
P25.7-M BARMM funded 2-storey town hall soon to rise in Talayan, Maguindanao
COTABATO CITY – In line with its goal to build ‘permanent and more accessible’ government centers across the region, the Bangsamoro Government is set to build a P25.7-million worth two-storey municipal hall in Talayan municipality of Maguindanao province. On Sunday, March 7, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod B. Ebrahim, along with Interior and Local Government Minister […]
PLDT, DITO sign interconnection deal
DAVAO CITY — The country’s largest integrated telecommunications company PLDT and telco newcomer DITO have recently entered into an agreement for the construction of a transmission facility that will serve as the point of interconnection for their subscribers. Under the agreement, PLDT will establish and manage the interconnection facility that will operate as the primary […]
SoapBerry: The Scent of Success Amid Challenging Times
DAVAO CITY — Kevin Joven was not spared from the challenges which the pandemic has brought to many. However, instead of giving up, he gathered more courage to rise up and maximize his resources. Joven was running two businesses – a water refilling station and a co-working/leisure hub – when the pandemic started. Both of […]
Duterte to DAR: Speed up land distribution defeat communist
DAVAO CITY —President Rodrigo Roa Duterte wants the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to hasten land distribution in areas that remain hotbeds for communist insurgency to eliminate the rebels’ influence. In his message Friday in Cagayan de Oro City during the Joint National Task Force (NTF)-Regional Task Force (RTF) to End Local Communist Armed Conflict […]
Major General Almerol is new Eastmincom commnader
DAVAO CITY — Major Gen. Greg T. Almerol will formally sit as the new commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) on Monday, March 8. Almerol succeeds the post of newly installed Philippine Army Chief Lt. General Jose Faustino. Almerol who served as the Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division […]