DAVAO CITY (May 14) — Voters in the country should choose barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan leaders who have values of 3M’s “Matalino, Mahusay and Maasahan.” The barangay and SK elections are very important, all policies and development agenda of the government are implemented in the barangay. Wilhelm Suyco, assistant regional director of the Department of […]
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Reelectionist Barangay Captain killed eve of May 14 Barangay, SK polls
DAVAO CITY (May 13) — Reelectionist Barangay Captain Antonio Guatno of Pangyan, this city, was killed eve of the Monday, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2018. Police report showed. the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) XI, Regional Mobile Force Company and members of Calinan Police went to Guatno’s house at Purok 4A. barangay Pangyan, […]
10 injured in Jolo bomb blast
DAVAO CITY (May 13) — Ten people were injured in an improvised bomb explosion in Jolo, Sulu, a top military official said Saturday. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the incident occurred around 7:10 p.m. Friday, May 11, 208, at the JNB Sari-Sari store and videoke bar in Sitio Martirez, Barangay […]
Duterte not behind Sereno ouster-Panelo
DAVAO CITY (May 13) —Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said it is not the character of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to dip his fingers in affairs of government agencies, specifically- the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as the chief justice of the Supreme Court. “Alam mo, out of character sa Presidente ang nakikialam diyan […]
Kumander jinggoy sa NPA samdan, nasikop sa militar
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW, Mindanao (Mayo 13) — Nasikop sa millitar nga sakop sa 1003ID, si Kumander Jinggoy sa New Peoples Army (NPA), human ang engkwuentro didto sa Kitaotao Bukidnon niadtong Sabado, Mayo 12, 2018. Si Elizalde Cañete, nailhang si Kumander Jinggoy, ang lider sa Pulang Bagani Command (PBC) 1, SRC5, SMRC nadakpan didto sa Don […]
Notorious NPA leader arrested in Bukidnon
DAVAO CITY (May 13) — A notorious top leader of the terrorist New Peoples Army, was arrested while seeking medical treatment inside a hospital in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Saturday morning, May 12, 2018. The Eastern Mindanao Command, said NPA leader Elizalde Cañete was arrested at the Don Carlos Doctors Hospital, Bukidnon, after he was wounded […]
President Duterte To Provide Assistance to former ISIS-Maute Group Members
DAVAO CITY (MAY 12) – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Friday, May 11, met with 27 members of the ISIS-Maute group who surrendered to the government, vowing to provide them with shelter and livelihood assistance as long as they commit to peace. Talking to the members of the group inside Kampo Ranao, the President expressed […]
Harassed municipal mayor appeals for President Duterte’s Intervention
DAVAO CITY (May 12)- Banaybanay Mayor Ada Lopez has decried the alleged harassment done by Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Regional Director Atty. Remlane Tambuang against police personnel who were safekeeping the Barangay Elections. She has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to intervene and appealed for public vigilance for a safe and orderly conduct of the Barangay […]
How Wealthy is House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez? (first of two parts)
DAVAO CITY (May 12) — When asked how many properties House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has in Siargao, local residents will immediately point out to vast track of properties in the island. Some would even said, Alvarez went into massive buying of properties since 2016. The records acquired from the General Luna Municipal Assessor’s Office (MAO) […]
World’s Miniature Mosques on Display in ARMM Trade Fair
COTABATO CITY (May 12) – Around 24 miniature mosques are on display here as the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) officially launched on Friday an exhibit of ‘Mosques Around the World. Sitti Djalia Turabin Hataman, Anak Mindanao (AMIN) foundation executive director, said the exhibit is a competition participated in by the region’s various offices […]
4,487 stilt houses in Zamboanga sans occupancy permit: NHA
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The National Housing Authority (NHA) said all of the 4,487 houses on stilts project of the Zamboanga Roadmap to Recovery and Reconstruction (Z3R) have no occupancy permits. Engr. Al-Khwarizmi Indanan, NHA district manager, disclosed in an interview with the Philippine News Agency Friday that the city government did not issue even a […]
PH-Kuwait ink accord on HSW employment
MANILA (May 11) — The Philippine and Kuwaiti governments on Friday afternoon (Kuwait time) finally signed the “Agreement on the Employment of Domestic Workers” at the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah signed the document […]
Militiamen foil BIFF bombing attempt in Maguindanao
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao (May 12) –Army intelligence agents intercepted an alleged bombing plot here by the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) Thursday evening. Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, Army’s 6th Infantry Division commander, said in a report that Army intelligence operatives immediately alerted members of Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) stationed in Barangay Dicalungan on […]