Everyone hears her clacking safety shoes every time she enters the 1,651-square-meter lot area under construction. She leads the team inside the walled site where the control building and steel structure of the soon-to-be 50 megavolt-amperes (MVA) substation are being prepared for the arrival and installation of major equipment. The girl who possesses the safety […]
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Sundalo nanghatag og pagkaon sa mga residenteng Muslim atol sa Ramadan
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO-— Mangapud-apod og pagkaon sa mga residenteng Muslim ang mga sundalong sakop sa 106th Infantry Battalion (106IB) sa Philippine Army nga nakabase sa lungsod sa Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, atol sa Iftar. Ang ginadulot nga panihapon ginahimo pagkahuman sa pagsalop sa adlaw samtang ginasaulog ang Ramadan, Mokabat sa 30 ka mga mosque sa probinsya […]
NBI nagbutang og satellite office sa Dinagat Islands
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO—Pormal nang giabrihan sa publiko ang satellite office ang National Bureau of Investigation didto sa probinsya sa Dinagat Islands niadtong Lunes, Marso 18. Ang bag-ong satellite office nahimutang sa lungsod sa San Jose. Sa balita nga gipagawas sa Philippine News Agency, gisaysay niini nga gikalipay ni Gobernador Nilo Demerey Jr. ang pagbutang sa […]
SC affirms ex-North Cotabato solon’s dismissal over PDAF misuse
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the dismissal from the service of former North Cotabato 2nd District congressman Gregorio Ipong in connection with irregularities in the use of pork barrel funds in 2007. In a 13-page resolution released online last week, the SC Second Division affirmed the Court of Appeals (CA) which found Ipong […]
VP Sara visits the wake of 4 soldiers killed in Maguindanao del Norte ambush
DAVAO CITY –— – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte visited the wake of the four soldiers at the headquarters of the 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division, Philippine Army, at Camp Siongco, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Monday afternoo. The Vice President shared the grief of the bereaved families as she spoke to the […]
McDonald’s to hire elderly, PWDs of Manila
MANILA – Senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) of Manila will soon have a chance to work at McDonald’s, an American fast-food chain. The city government of Manila entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the personnel provider of McDonald’s for the implementation of a program that would provide jobs for senior citizens […]
Grenade lobbed in Maguindanao del Sur police station
DAVAO CITY — A still unidentified type of grenade was lobbed at the compound of the Shariff Saydona Mustapha Municipal Police Station in Barangay Nabundas, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, around eleven in the evening on Sunday. Investigators of the Philippine National Police are currently looking at the motive behind the incident. Brigadier General […]
Ex-Davao Oriental mayor convicted for graft surrenders to NBI
DAVAO CITY — The former town mayor of Caraga in Davao Oriental surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on March 13, following the warrant of arrest issued by the Sandiganbayan who convicted him for graft and sentenced the former mayor for 10 years in jail. Atty. Archie Albao, director of the NBI XI […]
4 soldiers killed in Maguindanao del Sur Ambush
DAVAO CITY — Four soldiers were killed on Sunday in an ambush staged by suspected members of the Dawlah Islamiya in Datu Hoffer town in Maguindanao del Sur.. The incident happened at 9 a.m. in the village of Tuayan 1, a residential village while the soldiers were on their way back to the headquarters after […]
Town records 10-year- girl youngest among pregnant women
DAVAO CITY — Seven of the 140 cases of teenage pregnancy in Agusan del Sur are still ten years old to fourteen years old, the Rural Health Unit of Trento town in Agusan del Sur reported. In January this year, twelve cases of teenage pregnancy were reported in Trento town. Trento is a first class […]
30 ka tawo unang nakadawat og ayuda alang sa solo parents sa Mindanao
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO— Gilusad sa Department of Social Welfare and Development sa Davao Region (DSWD-11) ang Programa SOLO (Strengthening Opportunities for Lone Parents) sa probinsiya sa Davao del Norte, diin gihimong pilot area sa Mindanao ang Panabo City niadtong Huebes. Sa usa ka pahayag nga gipagawas sa DSWD XI kaniadtong Biyernes, gisaysay sa ahensya nga […]
27 farmers’ cooperatives receive agricultural inputs from Bangsamoro Government
DAVAO CITY –-A total of 27 farmers’ cooperatives here received various agricultural inputs from the Bangsamoro Government in a ceremony on March 5, in Salunayan, Midsayap Cluster. The distribution is part of the livelihood support program known as Oplan Bangsamoro Rapid Assistance (OBRA), under the Tulong Alay sa Bangsamorong Nangangailangan (TABANG) Project—one of Chief Minister Ahod […]
Davao City expects 50K to witness tomorrow’s Parada Dabawenyo
The city government expects around 50,0000 people on Sunday to witness the Parada Dabawenyo as it highlights the 87th Araw ng Dabaw celebration, the city tourism office says. Harold Quibete, the event organizer for both the Parada Dabawenyo and Hugyaw Dabaw on Thursday said they are expecting 45,000 to 50,000 people to participate in the […]