DAVAO CITY — Top officials of the Philippine government gave heroes welcome to the remains of the 49 Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Saudi Arabia via a chartered flight on Friday. Of the 49 OFW’s, 20 died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and 29 of other causes. The country’s flag carrier brought home 32 …
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DAVAO CITY —The leaders of Archdiocese of Davao and the Task-Force Davao on Tuesday agreed to implement security and health protocols as church services will resume anytime this month. Task Force Davao Commander Colonel Consolito Yecla said the meeting involved the re-orientation of the leaders from the cities 43 parishes on the threat of terrorism …
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DAVAO CITY — A tricycle driver and his friend who was traveling to have his motorbike repaired rescued the four passengers of a trainer plane which crash-landed near the sea wall of Barangay Sinunuc Boulevard in Zamboanga City at around 9:45 am on Tuesday. Mufri Yusop, 24, a Tausug, in an interview with Newsline Tuesday …
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DAVAO CITY – When news broke off that Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Saturday afternoon placed Barangay 23-C under hard lockdown as coronavirus cases snowballed, some residents sneaked out in the guise of buying essentials and never returned home. “The situation in this barangay is very severe. This has been the subject of several meetings. We advise …
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DAVAO CITY — Thirty-four (34) persons who are internally displaced persons due to the October 2019 earthquakes have been hit with dengue at the Evacuation Center in Luna Sur, Makilala, North Cotabato. Luna Norte evacuation center is the temporary home for 171 ‘Bakwits’ from Barangay Bato, their village was declared a risk risk area after …
DAVAO CITY — Water consumer of Metro Kidapawan Water District are up in arms against the water utility as it failed to provide a 24/7 potable water to its 36,500 clients. The quasi-judicial water firm which serves the municipalities of Makilala, Magpet, Matalam and Kidapawan City, in the various forum has admitted their failure to …
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DAVAO CITY — One of the oldest newspapers here will publish its last page tomorrow July 3, after the management has decided to close shop in the midst of business unrest due to coronavirus-19 pandemic. Editor-in-chief Jon Joaquin in a Facebook post on July 2 stated, “The day has come. The Mindanao Daily Mirror is …
DAVAO CITY –— The recent spike of new Coronavirus -19 cases are mostly from locally stranded individuals or from returning overseas Filipinos, a trend which local government units accept as reality but they embrace their constituents because they have the facility. Aside from the considered hotspots in the previous reports, there are towns and villages …
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DAVAO CITY — The massive intelligence and inter-agency collaboration in the fight against illegal drugs in the city have yielded P801,800 worth of confiscated drugs in two separate operations today, June 29. Task Force Davao Commander Consolito Yecla told Newsline, at around 1:45 in the afternoon on Monday, personnel of the composite team from task …
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DAVAO CITY — It might just be as easy as ABC if one says the Philippine government repatriates thousands of its overseas Filipino workers, but the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is facing a lot of challenges in the process from the lack of exit visa, to unpaid loans and to other cases that …
