Onion farmers of onion-producing provinces of Cabanatuan called on President Rodrigo Duterte to stop importing onion as it endangers their livelihood, The price drop severely affected their income as imported onions are much cheaper than their produce. The onion growers are asking Duterte to stop the importation and instead promote the local production and provide […]
Archives for 2016
Preparations for FM burial underway amid protests
Militant and martial law victims are protesting the burial of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng ma Bayani, but the Marcos family is now preparing his tomb. Along with this, police authorities are preparing the necessary security plans for the internment in Taguig City. The plan is being mapped out for the […]
HIV-AIDS cases rise in Davao City
HIV-AIDS rise in Davao recorded an increase of 71 Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV-Aids) cases in Davao City from April to June, for a total of 234 cases since January this year. From the 234 cases, 194 were found to have been afflicted with HIV while 40 others have full-blown Aids, of which 11 […]
Drug rehab center opens inside an Army camp in Agusan
DAVAO CITY– A drug rehabilitation center inside Mindanao’s Army camp opened Friday in the town of Propseridad, Agusan del Sur. The center occupies two-hectare property inside the 334-hectare military camp Army’s 401st Infantry Brigade which opened Friday, September 22 in the province of Agusan del Sur in partnership with the provincial government. Called the Residential […]
Andanar says FOI will take effect on November 25
President Rodrigo Duterte’s highly anticipated Freedom of Information initiative will take effect on November 25 and government agencies are busy preparing for its enforcement, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar announced today, November 10. Executive Order No. 2, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 23, is a response to the call for transparency and full public […]
Trump wins US presidency
Populist businessman Donald J. Trump won the United States Presidential elections with 276-218 against Hillary Clinton. Describing his victory a historic journey for the American people, Trump in a speech in New York said he did not engaged in an election campaign “but a movement for hard work for the country, to build a nation […]
DPWH 11 to construct 10 bypass roads in Davao City
Davao City – The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office 11 will construct 10 bypass roads as part of it priority projects in the Davao for CY 2017. These roads are intended to ease heavy traffic now being experienced in the city. According to Dean I. Ortiz, DPWH-XI Regional Public Affairs and Information […]
Proud Artist
President Rodrigo Duterte poses with Mart Henry Bongabong, the artist behind the President’s portrait painting, following their dinner in Malacañan on November 3. RICHARD MADELO/ Presidential Photo
ILPS condemns torture and murder of Indian Maoists and Adivasis captives
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) condemns in the strongest terms the killing of 28 Maoist revolutionaries and the summary killing of 11 hors de combat after being tortured in Odisha on October 24, 2016. Eleven revolutionaries who were injured in the armed encounter were reportedly captured alive but were subsequently tortured and summarily […]
Youth Leadership Summit
The Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division Thursday, November 3, sponsored the second Compostela Valley Youth Leadership Summit at Laak, Compostela Valley Province. Photo by 10th Infantry Division
MNLF Chair Nur Misuari a free man now
THIS best describes fugitive Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari when he was presented to President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on Thursday, November 3, seven days after the court suspended the proceedings and enforcement of warrants of arrest against him. President Rodrigo Duterte presented Misuari and his delegation were presented to the members […]
Sunstar Davao report: Growers hail deal that assures Japan market for bananas
MINDANAO banana growers and exporters laud the agreement between Farmind Corp., a Japanese company, and the Department of Agriculture for the supply of 20 million boxes of Cavendish bananas to the Japanese market every year. Ferdinand Marañon, president of the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (Philexport)-Davao said in a phone interview with SunStar Davao that the […]
Dominguez downplays fears of US businessmen
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez will meet the American businessman in the country to discuss their concerns amid increasingly frayed ties between the Philippines and the United States as President Rodrigo Duterte focus on China. Dominguez emphasized despite the recent statements of the President he believes US firms would remain in the country as long as […]