DAVAO CITY –— The numder of fatalities in the March 29 MV Lady Mary Joy 3 continues to climb as the search and retrieval operatons continue. On Easter Sunday at around 1:05 in the afternoon, personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard and PNP Maritime in Basilan fished out another cadaver off Langgas coast, in the […]
PH Immigration to probe airline personnel’s possible involvement in human trafficking
DAVAO CITY –— The Bureau of Immigration (BI) urged the officials of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to investigate the possible involvement of airline personnel in facilitating the departure of victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said he issued the appeal after BI officers at the […]
White sand in Sarangani town illegally hauled
GLAN, Sarangani Province— Local authorities here impounded an elf truck fully loaded with smuggled white sand from the bays of Glan town in Sarangani province. On Tuesday night, April 4, Jury Basalo, village chief of barangay Taluya, together with barangay auxillaries locked an elf truck loaded with white sand and a pick-up truck carrying empty […]
NTC shuts down 4 community radio stations in Davao Oriental
MATI CITY — Owners of four community radio stations here cried foul as they went off air after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the city government issued shut down notice for their failure to secure government requirements to continue their business. Nelson Cañete, the regional director of National Telecommunications Commission told Newsline, the national […]
Lamitan City employees plant 2K mangroves to protect bays, shores
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan — In an effort to protect their bays and shores, employes of the city government and other offices based here planted hundreds of mangrove trees in barangay Tandung Ahas on March 18. Mangroves act as a natural carbon sink and a buffer between land and sea, protecting shorelines by preventing coastal erosion […]
PAGASA to establish weather station in Lamitan City
LAMITAN CITY —The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) will establish a weather station here. On march 25, the City government represented by Mayor Roderick H. Furigay and City Administrator Maria Florencia Candelaria Bisal signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) with PAGASA Administrator Vicente Malano and Chief Mindanao-PAGASA Anthony Joseph Lucero for the […]
Delvo is new PNP XI Regional Director
DAVAO CITY –Philippine National Police XI has new regional director in the name of Police Brig. Gen. Alden Bacarra Delvo, he replaced Brig. Gen Benjamin Silo. Silo formally relinquished his position to Delvo in a turn over ceremony Monday afternoon at Camp Sgt Quintin M Merecido. The two are among the eleven (11) ranking police […]
Soldiers plant 8,000 trees to celebrate Army’s 126th anniv
DAVAO CITY — As part of their celebration of the Philippine Army’s 126th Founding Anniversary, the members of the 4th Infantry Division across Northern Mindana and Caraga regions planted around 8,600 seedlings of fruit-bearing trees on March 9 to 10. The seedlings were planted by the troops of the 4ID during a simultaneous tree-planting activity […]
Google runs tests to block access to news for some Canadian users
DAVAO CITY –— Google is running a tests which intends to block access to news for some Canadian users, the move is in response to Canada’s bill that could compel large digital platforms like Google and Meta’s Facebook to negotiate deals with publishers to pay them for content they produced A Reuters report which was […]
5K joins rally vs power coop in Tagum City
TAGUM CITY — “Tama na! Palitan na! (Enough! Change it!” Those words were the by-words uttered by some 5,000 disgruntled protestors during the Awakening Rally against Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (NORDECO) on Monday at Rotary park here. The rally that was organized by the Tagum City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., started with a […]
Basilan celebrates 49th founding anniversary with colorful culture
DAVAO CITY — The people of Basilan Province celebrated its 49th Founding Anniversary via face to face after three-year lull due to the pandemic. Residents from the whole province met during the celebration of its colorful history, arts and diverse culture during the Cultural Night last Sunday, March 5, at the gymnasium of the government […]
Tagum City business group, power consumers up against Nordeco
TAGUM CITY –— Disgruntled business sector and angry consumers are up in arms against the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (Nordeco) are set to conduct an aawwakening rally on March 13, over poor power supply, expensive power rates and poor management rendered by the cooperative. “We had enough” laments Aerol Conde, president of Tagum City Chamber […]
Strong quakes disrupt two festivals in Davao region
DAVAO CITY — Two strong eathquakes which shook Davao region and various parts of Mindanao disrupted the 25th Araw ng Tagum in Davao del Norte and the 6th Al’law ng Kalumunan and Bulawan Festivals in the province of Davao de Oro. The quakes prompted the provincial government of Davao de Oro to susped their activities […]