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Duterte visits wake of slain OFW in Iloilo, extends assistance
Iloilo City, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, February 22, personally condoled with the family of Joanna Demafelis, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was killed in Kuwait. President Duterte visited the wake of Demafelis in Barangay Feraris here where he extended financial and burial assistance to the family of the slain OFW. Demafelis […]
“Malay ko, Pakialam ko”, says Bong Go over Frigate deal
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — “Malay ko, Pakialam ko,” a phrase Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, delivered before the cheering crowd outside the Senate Building, Monday morning, February 19, 2018. Go was invited for a Senate inquiry over his reported intervention in the P18-billion Frigate deal of the Philippine Navy. While Go’s […]
Bong Go faces Senate Frigate probe: Reiterates innocence
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher “Bong” Go appeared in a Senate hearing on Monday, February 19, denying anew accusations that he intervened in the Philippine Navy’s frigate deal or influenced the selection process for the combat management system (CMS) of the two new warships. In his opening statement during […]
Duterte receives Norway Envoy in Davao
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte met with Idun Tvedt, the Norwegian special envoy to the peace process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), during a courtesy call at the Presidential Guest House here on Thursday, February 15. During the more than an hour […]
Kidapawan City vies for Guinness record as the largest and longest “Samba dance”
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Kidapawan City is again vying for another Guinness World Record, this time, as the “largest and longest samba dance.” On February 12 ,2018 some 17,000 individuals or 8,500 pairs danced to the tune of samba along the three kilometer stretch of Quezon Boulevard, Maharlika Highway, Kidapawan City , North Cotabato. Participants […]
Duterte to charge LGUS over Boracay mess
CEBU CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday threatened to file charges for serious neglect of duty against local officials in Boracay for making the island resort into a “sewer pool”. “I will charge you for serious neglect of duty [for] making Boracay a fishpond or a sewer pool,” Duterte said during the […]
Duterte to Customs : Stop smuggling
Rebels kill tribal leader and son
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — A tribal leader and his son were killed in their village in Sitio Igang, Barangay palma Gil, Talaingod town, Davao del Norte, Sunday dawn, February 4, 2018. Datu Banadjao Mampaundag and his son Jonard were mercilessly killed by rebels pretending as members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Datu Banadjao […]
Duterte wants NHA to establish IP ancestral village
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte wants the National Housing Authority to establish a housing program for the indigenous peoples in Mindanao. Duterte gave the instruction to NHA General Manager Marcelino P. Escalada after his speech during the First IP Mindanao leaders summit inside the Eastern Mindanao Command headquarters in Panacan this city, Thursday, […]
Duterte to visit Marawi temporary shelters
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to visit the Sagonsongan temporary shelters in Marawi City, on January 30, 2018. The President wants “to physically check the condition of the families occupying the temporary shelters,” says National Housing Authority General Manager Marcelino P. Escalada. (nha-turns-over-500-homes-in-marawi/ Duterte was scheduled to turn over 500 temporary […]
Duterte inside PAL
Surrendered NDF officials from Far South Mindanao meet Duterte
DAVAO CITY, Philippines –— After spending twenty years in the revolutionary movement, Noel Legaspi, the National Democratic Front spokesperson in the Far South Mindanao and his wife Wendy Bendalian surrendered and met President Rodrigo Duterte Saturday night at the Matina Enclaves. Legaspi known as ka Efren Aksasato was the spokesperson of NDF (NDF-FSMR) while his wife, […]