DAVAO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is about to roll out the construction of two (2) 2.3 kilometer tunnel which corresponds to the central portion of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project in Southern Mindanao financed by Official Development Assistance (ODA) of the Government of Japan thru Japan International Cooperation […]
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SC reprimands Davao judge for ‘texting’ case participants
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has warned a judge in Davao for texting parties in a pending case before his sala. In a six-page resolution recently published online by the SC, the court’s second division found Davao del Sur Regional Trial Court Branch 15 Judge Mario Duaves guilty of violating the New Code of […]
Guv orders suspension of SK vice mayor, 5 others over graft charges
DAVAO CITY —Governor Suharto Mangudadatu has ordered the 45-day preventive suspension of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat vice mayor and five town councilors for allegedly violating the anti-graft and corrupt practices act. Ordered suspended starting on May 17, 2021 are Isulan town Vice mayor Vice Mayor Lord Dean Castillo, Municipal Councilors Rene Aristoza, Mariblithe Cartujano-Garingo, Gina Belmes […]
Gov’t to prioritize poor families, police in mass vaccine jab
DAVAO CITY — Poor Filipinos, the members of the police and the military should also be prioritized in the ongoing government mass immunization drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has said. In a public address aired on Tuesday, the President reminded National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar […]
Corruption won’t stop but gov’t fighting it
MANILA – While admitting that curbing corruption in government is a difficult task, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night vowed to continue fighting it until the end of his term. “We are not proclaiming that we have gotten rid of corruption. There is still corruption in this government and any other government that will come after […]
DSWD XI turns over housing units in Tarragona town
TARAGONA, DAVAO ORIENTAL – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI has formally turned over 277 housing units to the residents of Purok Tent City, Barangay Dadong in Tarragona last April 29. Aldrin Carpio, president of the MSAP Beneficiaries Association, expressed gratitude to both DSWD and the local government unit for […]
Duterte orders pullout of Sinopharm vaccines
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night ordered the withdrawal of Covid-19 vaccines developed by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm. Despite having received the first dose of the vaccine brand himself, Duterte said he told an “ambassador” that he wanted the vaccines pulled out over concerns that the Sinopharm vaccine has yet to be […]
NoCot releases incentives and uniform for town BPAT
TULUNAN, NORTH COTABATO — The provincial government of North Cotabato has released the P 517,000 fund for the incentives and uniforms of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) for Tulunan town. Governor Nancy A. Catamco believes that BPAT members play vital role in their respective villages not only in the maintenance of peace and order […]
PNP Baganga has new home
Baganga, Davao Oriental — The Philippine National Office in Baganga town in Davao Oriental has a new home. Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang, Regional Director of Police Regional Office 11 BGEN Filmore Escobal, Baganga Mayor Arturo C. Monday, and Acting Provincial Director of the PNP POL LT Efren Orlina led the blessing and turnover of newly […]
Congress folds housing controversy in MisOcc
Ozamiz City — After all the fracas and roar over a property in barangay Lam-an Ozamiz City, the House of Representatives Committee on Governance finally folded the three committee hearings on Monday, March 23, which highlighted the narrative of Ozamiz City Mayor Sancho Oaminal who provided the academic and legal details of the project before […]
BTA members want to upgrade Sulu Provincial Hospital
COTABATO CITY – Some members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament filed on March 24, a bill seeking to upgrade the provincial hospital in Sulu province. BTA Bill No. 90 seeks to upgrade Level I Sulu Provincial Hospital into a Level II hospital, increasing its bed capacity to 200, upgrading its professional healthcare services […]
Former NPA-infested community goes through community healing, reconciliation and transformation
Lupon, Davao Oriental –— Aiming to uproot the decades-long dark and violent history of the community in the hands of the Communist Party of the Philippines — New People’s Army — National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), a 6-day community healing, reconciliation and transformation was recently held at Sitio Malig, Barangay Don Mariano Marcos in Lupon, Davao […]
Congress folds housing controversy in MisOcc
Ozamiz City — After all the fracas and roar over a property in barangay Lam-an Ozamiz City, the House of Representatives Committee on Governance finally folded the three committee hearings on Monday, March 23, which highlighted the narrative of Ozamiz City Mayor Sancho Oaminal who provided the academic and legal details of the project before […]