DAVAO CITY — Starting midnight tonight January 9, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be setting up checkpoints across the country to strictly implement the nationwide gun ban as part of the security measures for the local and national elections on May 9 this year. PNP spokesperson Police Col. Rhoderick Augustus Alba said the checkpoints […]
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US sends P1-B worth of relief efforts to ‘Odette’-hit areas
The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has so far allocated PHP1 billion worth of humanitarian assistance to communities affected by last month’s Typhoon Odette. The assistance was coursed through USAID’s food aid, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. Among those distributed were 129,400 family food packs from the Department of […]
Bayanihan Spirit alive in Caraga
BUTUAN CITY — Despite of the scorching heat of the sun, the personnel from PNP and BFP Caraga unloads 545 bundles of sakoline from OCD Central Office aboard PSI Air 2007 at Bancasi Airport, Butuan City on January 7, 2022 . These bundles of sakoline will be then distributed to the affected families in Surigao, […]
PNP to do random visits to establishments and quarantine hotels
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine National Police (PNP) will conduct random visits to business establishments and quarantine hotels situated in areas under Alert Level 3.Acting on the instructions of DILG Secretary Eduardo M Año, the PNP will make sure that health protocols are strictly implemented in these establishments especially that the National Capital Region (NCR) […]
Power coop cuts supply at Kidapawan Hall of Justice
DAVAO CITY — The Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) has cut-off the power supply at the Hall of Justice in Kidapawan City for failure to settle the P300,000 accumulated power bills. On Thursday, the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) in Kidapawan City asked its clients for understanding as its operation is jeopardized due to power problem. It […]
Duterte praises agencies for successful anti-illegal drug ops
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for their sustained anti-illegal narcotics campaign in the country, as he hopes the police and the DILG to continue their efforts in the coming months. “It has to be a sustained campaign […]
Government should push for covid-19 booster dose
DAVAO CITY —The government should ramp up the administration of COVID-19 booster shots to maintain protection on vaccinated population particularly in major cities in the country, the country’s vaccine czar has said. “We just have to remind the key cities which have more than 70 percent to 100 percent vaccination coverage,” vaccine czar Secretary Carlito […]
Pres’l yacht turned floating hospital serves ‘Odette’ victims
MANILA – The presidential yacht BRP Ang Pangulo that has been transformed into a floating hospital, has served patients from isolated areas in the Dinagat Islands, one of the provinces devastated by Typhoon Odette in December. About 233 residents of six communities in the islands of Capaquian and Sibanac, who were treated by the medical team […]
Let 2021 be a year of reckoning
As we wrap up the year, the question that we need to ask ourselves is how we want this story of violence and senseless killings to end The end of the year is shaping differently for Christmas-obsessed Filipinos, and this is not simply due to the absence of carolers on the streets and the dearth […]
Maguad couple decries DSWD for giving privileges to their children’s suspected killer
DAVAO CITY — The parents of the two young children who were brutally killed by their minor house companion decried the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Mlang , North Cotabato for allowing the minor suspect to go online via social media despite being the prime suspect of the crime. On Sunday, Mrs. […]
DOH reports 4.6k new Covid-19 cases on Sunday
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,600 additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Sunday, January2. The increase has been noticed after the country logged two-digit cases before Christmas Day and the New year’s celebration. The new cases brings the total number of active cases to 21,418, of which 15,644 […]
Eco group urges 2022 candidates not to hard trees
DAVAO CITY –— The EcoWaste Coalition has appealed to all parties and individuals eyeing elective posts in the May 2022 polls not to nail, tack, staple or hang campaign materials on trees. In a statement released Sunday, the environmental group urged all candidates for national and local posts to direct their campaign organizers and supporters […]
DOH records low firework-related injuries in 2021
DAVAO CITY — The Health department has reported low firecracker-related injuries during the 2022 New Year’s eve celebration compared to the same time 2021, The DOH in a statement said, based on reports received as of 1 January 202, “Filipinos enjoyed a safer and healthier New Year celebration for 2022 with 85 cases of injuries […]