DAVAO CITY —Sixty (60) students of Bonsai master Marcel “Bebot” Calungsod showcased their masterpiece in a three-day competition at Pacific Bonsai Garden in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Midsayap, North CotabatoSeptember 24-26, 2021. All the sixty entries comprise one variety, the bougainvillea, but they outsmart each other in terms of structure, design, and presentation, said Calungsod. Ian […]
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CENRO cleans clogged canals in Panabo City
DAVAO CITY — Due to the onslaught of heavy rains, flooding worsened as a result of the clogging of garbage in canals in many parts of Panabo City. On September 20, 2021, the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) conducted a cleanup of the canals where they recovered a large amounts of garbage such […]
Modern Sultan Kudarat Hospital opens
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration Friday of the new Sultan Kudarat Provincial Hospital (SKPH) in the town of Isulan as he rallied public support so that the nation could overcome the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Let us continue working together to overcome the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic […]
226 OFWs from UAE lands in Davao
DAVAO CITY — Some 226 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Dubai and Abu Dhabi landed in Davao City International Airport on Friday, September 25 via a chartered flight of the Philippine Airlines. Regional officials and staff from Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) led by Regional Director Camilo T. Elaya said they have prepared all […]
Panabo CENRO holds city-wide clean-up drive on waterways
DAVAO CITY — THE PANABO City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) held a city wide clean-up drive of “esteros” lately after floods hit the city because of heavy rains and clogged canals, creeks and other waterways. The heavy rains pushed uncollected garbage into the city’s waterways, which worsened the floods. CENRO carried out on […]
School Blues, School woes
DAVAO CITY — Given the threat of a pandemic, the Philippine educational system adopted a blended learning approach for the second year on Monday September 13, the start of the school year 2021-022. The Education Department has registered over 6.3 million learners for the year, but the figure is still insufficient, prompting the government to […]
63 students receive cash aid
TAGUM CITY — A total of 63 students will receive P3, 780 each as additional wage through the Special Program of the Employment of Students (SPES) of the municipal government of Sto. Tomas town in Davao del Norte. Mayor Ernesto Evangelista and Municipal Administrator Atty. Elisa Evangelista-Lapiña has scheduled the distribution of the remaining wage […]
MSU-Maguindanao Professor kills ambushers
DAVAO CITY ––Wounded but determined, this was the story of Mindanao State University – Maguindanao campus professor Daud Kadon, who killed his two attackers when they shot him while he was traversing the Maguindanao-Cotabato road on Tuesday afternoon, September 21. Lt. Col. Rommel dela Vera, chief of police in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao […]
PH sets face shields use for high-risk activities
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine government relaxes the use of face shields, this time Filipinos will only need to wear face shields on top of face masks in enclosed and crowded places for added protection against the deadly coronavirus Delta variant. This, after the country’s top medical experts from the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) recommend […]
Over 1k PMA aspirants take PMA entrance exam in NorMin and Caraga
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The threat brought about by the pandemic did not hinder the 1,221 young men and women from Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions to take the annual Philippine Military Academy (PMA) entrance examination in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Bayugan last week, the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) said […]
Bonsai is life
DAVAO CITY — “Bonsai is Life” This how Asia’s multi-awarded Bonsai master Marcel “Bebot A. Calungsod described his life. His journey to Bonsai world started when his family went to Japan for a vacation “I started to appreciate Bonsai at the age of 14,” says Calungsod and until now it remains his world. “I was […]
Demand for Filipino healthcare workers abroad still high: POEA
MANILA – Filipino health care workers (HCWs) are still in high demand abroad, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Tuesday. POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are in the health care sector are very much needed in countries in Europe and the Middle East. “When we talk about the demand […]
IPs of Bukidnon want NCIP chair to sign their CADT
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY –— Members of the Manobo-Pulangihon tribe of Butong, Bukidnon threatened to enter their ancestral domain and die there if the National Commission on Indigenous People’s Commission (NCIP) Commissioner Allen Capuyan will not sign their Certificate of Ancestral Domain Territory (CADT) title. Fed up with NCIP’s continuing inaction to their plea, the […]