DAVAO CITY — The Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 has now transferred the administrative and operational jurisdiction of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) to the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations – Eastern Mindanao (DIPO-EM). In a turn-over ceremony on Monday, the PRO 11 regional director BGen Filmore Escobal hands over the supervision to 2,100 […]
Duterte wants Marawi rehab efforts ‘fast-tracked’
DAVAO CITY – Three years after Marawi City’s liberation, President Rodrigo Duterte wants rehabilitation efforts for the war-torn city “hastened”, Malacañang said Monday. On Monday, Duterte in his televised public address made an assurance Monday to rebuild Marawi City despite the current hurdles particularly overlapping land titles and the community itself. “The money is there. […]
49 NPA rebels and supporters surrender in DavOr
MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL — Manifesting their intent to finally return to the folds of the law, 49 members and mass supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to the government on Friday, October 16, 2020. The surrenderees — consisting of 27 active NPA members, 5 Militiang Bayan (MB), […]
Staff sa Davao de Oro molecular laboratory nag-training
TAGUM CITY —Gipailawon sa training ang pipila ka mga staff sa COVID-19 molecular laboratory sa Davao de Oro. Ang training gipangunahan sa Philippine Genome Center sa University of the Philippines-Mindanao sa Mintal, Davao City, agig pagpangandam sa pag-abli sa Provincial Local Government Unit of Davao de Oro (PLGU-Davao de Oro) sa ilang kaugalingong COVID-19 laboratory […]
Catamco inaugurates P40-million Guangan bridge in NoCot
MAKILALA, NORTH COTABATO — After a year of devastation brought about by the magnitude 6.6 earthquake, today North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco inaugurates the P40-million worth of bridge in Guangan. Guangan is a small village considered as Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Area (GIDA), found at the borders of the towns in North Cotabato, Davao del […]
Gulay sa mga mag-uuma sa DavNor gipamalit na sa probinsya
TAGUM CITY — Gisugdan na og pamalit sa probinsyal nga panggamhanan ang mga gulay, lagotmon gikan sa mga mag-uuma sa Davao del Norte isip tabang kanila aron mokita panahon sa pandemya. Kini ang tubag ni Governador Edwin I. Jubahib sa mulo sa katawhan nga hapit na malumos sa utang tungod sa pagbagsak sa […]
BARMM mihatag og P10M tabang medical alang pobre’ng Muslim sa Davao
COTABATO CITY— Wa nay angay’ng kabalak-an ang mga pobre nga mga kaigsuonang Muslim sa Davao Region sanglit mamahimo na silang maka-avail sa libreng medical assiatance pinaagi sa Ayudang Medikal Mula sa Bangsamoro Government (AMBAG) Program’s Php10,000,000.00 fund nga gibutang sa Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC). Ang AMBAG opisyal nga gisugdan niadtong November 2019 diin ka […]
DA-XI conducts blended training on Cacao fermentation and beans grading
Davao City — Taking advantage of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar’s declaration of Davao City as the country’s cacao capital, DA in Davao Region conducts blended learning on Cacao fermentation and beans grading. The blended learning covers School-on-the-Air (SOA) aired over DXRR AM’s MagUmaSenso Ta agri-based radio program and series of Techno […]
Class Opening 2020: A harbinger for the ‘new normal’
Despite protestations from several sectors to scrap this school year altogether, the Department of Education went full steam ahead with the October 5 opening of classes nationwide. To some, it was a folly, even a dangerous one, but the return of over 22 million learners to their classes is no small feat, taken into consideration […]
Toxics Watchdog Group Exposes Online Sale of Liquid Mercury and Mercury-Added Products
DAVAO CITY — It’s not only mercury-containing skin whitening cosmetics that are being sold online. The EcoWaste Coalition made the shocking discovery after finding mercury thermometers, which are used to measure body temperature and sphygmomanometers, which are used to measure blood pressure, as well as liquid mercury in flask containers, being sold illegally by third-party […]
Jail guard killed as 8 inmates bolt Basilan provincial jail
ISABELA CITY, BASILAN — At least eight inmates bolted from the Basilan Provincial Jail shortly after 5 o’clock in the afternoon yesterday. Basilan Jail Warden Nul Asmawil disclosed that the jailbreak happened when jail guard Habbas Sali entered in one of the cells, prompting the inmates to grab his gun and shot him dead before […]
San Isidro DavNor folks receive TESDA scholarship
DAVAO CITY — Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Davao del Norte grants Scholarship Program to the people of the Municipality of San Isidro, Davao del Norte. TESDA offers 29 days training program in Organic Agriculture Production NC II and 34 days training program in Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) NC II. The Training […]
NoCot strengthens support for coconut farmers
DAVAO CITY — The provincial government of North Cotabato threw support to the coconut farmers to boost the production of coco sugar. Governor Nancy A. Catamco in a meeting with the officers and members of the Provincial Coconut Industry Development Council (PCIDC) and the Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPAG) and Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) […]