MANILA — President Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed National Youth Commission (NYC) officer-in-charge Ronald Gian Cardema as the commission’s new chairperson. Cardema will be replacing resigned NYC chairperson Cariza “Ice” Seguerra, who stepped down from his post last March. Cardema will serve as NYC chairperson for three years. Prior to being appointed as NYC chairperson, […]
Archives for 2018
NBI nabs smuggler of corals, ‘taklobo’
MANILA — Operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested a man allegedly involved in the illegal shipment of corals to the United States. The suspect, identified as Glenn Alber Binoya, was presented to the media at the NBI office in Manila on Friday. Binoya was arrested by the NBI’s Environmental Crime Division in […]
DOLE quickly responds to OFW who jumps from employer’s house
DAVAO CITY (August 28) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III Monday night, August 27, has ordered the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to immediately extend medical assistance and repatriate if possible, the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in Kuwait who jumped from her employers house last week. The quick response and assistance from the Labor Department […]
Honor our heroes-Duterte
DAVAO CITY (August 28) — “Honor our Heroes”, this was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, as he encouraged all Filipinos to pay respect to both the dead heroes and the everyday heroes. In his speech at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani in Taguig City on Monday’s commemoration of the National Heroes Day, Duterte […]
Speech of Pres. Duterte during the National Heroes Day commemoration
President Rodrigo Duterte Delivered his speech at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig City, 27 August 2018 Kindly sit down. Thank you. His Excellency Gabriele Caccia and the esteemed members of the Diplomatic Corps; Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea; Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana; National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon and the other members of the Cabinet; Taguig […]
Magtiayong rebel returnee gipusil patay sa Makilala, North Cotabato
MAKILALA, NORTH COTABATO (Agosto 28)— Gipusil patay sa gikatouhang miembro sa New People’s Army ang magtiayon nga rebel returnee niadtong Mierkules, Agosto 22, didto sa Purok 7, Barangay Sinkatulan. Giila ni Police Chief Inspector John Rick Medel, hepe sa Makilala PNP, ang mga biktima nga sila si Felix Abaniel, 52 anyos ug iyang asawa nga […]
OFW from NoCot jumped off three-storey building in Kuwait to escape from employer
DAVAO CITY (August 27) — An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFA) in Kuwait has reportedly jumped off from the three storey building of her employer last week. The OFW was identified as Gina Agustin Aguilar, who hails from Kabacan, North Cotabato. She works in Kalha, Kuwait. Aguilar, 28, is a mother two young children. In a […]
Kidapawan-GenSan nga ruta sa Yellow Bus Line gisuspenso sa LTFRB
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (Agosto 27) — Gisuspenso sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ang ruta sa biahe sa Yellow Bus Line nga Kidapawan City- General Santos City-Kidapawan City. Ang Yellow Bus duha pa lang kaadlaw nagserbisyo sa pasahero, apan hugot kining gibabagan sa ilang kontra, nga Rural Transit Tours of Mindanao Inc. Una […]
Indigenous communities benefit medical and social healing mission in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (August 27) — Around a thousand members of the Matigsalug tribe from the different communities of Marilog District this city and the province of Bukidnon benefited the medical and social healing mission Saturday, August 25. Marilog is the tri-boundary of Davao City and the provinces of North Cotabato and Bukidnon, it is the […]
SAP Bong Go graces NoCot’s founding anniversary and Kalivungan Festival
DAVAO CITY (August 27) — Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence ” Bong” Go graced the 104th Foundation Anniversary of the North Cotabato Province and Kalivungan Festival at the Provincial Capital in Kidapawan City on August 26, 2018. In his message, Go stressed the importance of unity in achieving culture preservation as well as […]
Teresita Leonardo-de Castro is the new Chief Justice
DAVAO CITY (August 25) — President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen Teresita Leonardo de Castro as the new Chief Justice. De Castro, 69, will lead the post vacated by ousted chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. But she will serve the post for only more than a month. She will retire on October 8 upon reaching the […]
Alleged German illegal recruiter arrested at Clark Airport
DAVAO CITY (August 25) — A German national who attempted to recruit four Filipina caregivers was arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday, August 20, at the Clark International Airport in Angeles Pampanga. Immigration Commissioner Jaime H. Morente and BI OIC Deputy Commissioner Marc Red A. Mariñas identified the suspect as 72-year-old Herbert […]
DOTr pushing for develop of new airports to decongest NAIA and Clark air traffic
DAVAO CITY (August 25) — — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is pushing for the development of other gateways to ease the air traffic at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and the Clark International Airport (CRK). The Transportation department proposed to build airport in Bulacan and in Cavite. The Bulacan International Airport was proposed […]