DAVAO CITY — For consistently modeling in peace initiatives and services for former rebels the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Unity and reconciliation (OPAPRU) pilots the province of Davao Oriental as among the two pilot provinces in the country to implement a new program envisioned to sustain peace and maintain the insurgency-free status […]
Bangsamoro in blue for the World Children’s Day
DAVAO CITY — The Bangsamoro government center was in blue when it celebrated the World Children’s Day on Sunday November 20. The Office of the Chief Minister’s facade was lit in blue in line with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) #GoBlueCampaign which symbolizes hope that stands for Bangsamoro people that “every child has a […]
PBBM appoints Davao educator as PA for Eastern Mindanao
DAVAO CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Davao educator as Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao. Leo Tereso Abellera Magno, the Chairman of the board and Chief Operating Officer of Rizal Memorial Colleges Inc. took his oath on Tuesday before executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin which was witnessed by Presidential Assistant Anton Lagdameo at the Palace. […]
Online relationship costs two innocent lives
DAVAO CITY — Gone were the days when two people court each other in person. First, there was penpal then the email order brides but it is now history. The advent of digitalization opened up the floodgates of online relationship some real, some suffered setbacks of a long distance relationship and recently two innocent minors […]
GRP-MILF sign peace agreement for Basilan truce
DAVAO CITY —The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed an agreement on Thursday, November 10, to end the skirmishes in the town of Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan Province which displaced over 2,000 residents. The GRP headed by Brig. Gen Eduardo Gubat, chairperson of […]
Gov’t, MILF declare ceasefire in Basilan
DAVAO CITY –— The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has declared a ceasefire in the village of Ulitan, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan after the Joint Coordinating Committees on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) visited the Province Thursday. In a statement posted by the military’s Western Mindanao Command on Thursday it specifically states a […]
Malanyaon wants LTFRB to issue franchise to transport operators plying towns nearby
DAVAO CITY — Governor Corazon Malanyaon is supporting the move of the public utility jitney operators from the towns of Davao Oriental to secure an accredition before the Land Transporation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO). Governor Malanyaon together with the officials of the LTFRB had a meeting on Monday […]
Samal Island fisherfolks welcome bridge project
DAVAO CITY — Fisherfolks of ISland Garden City of Samal warmly Malipayon nga gidaweat sa usa ka mangingisda sa Samal ang pagtukod sa Samal Island Davao City Connector Bridge kay matud nila dakung tabang kin isa ilang pamilya og mas modaghan ang Si-Si nga ilang makuha gikan sa mga poste sa tulay nga itukod. “The […]
NBI arrest priest for child exploitation
DAVAO CITY — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Cagayan Valley District Office arrested a town priest for allegedly molesting a 16-year-old member of his ministry in Solana, Cagayan valley. In a statement issued on November 8, 2022, the NBI identified the arrested priest as Reverend Father Karole Reward Israel y Ubina, who was arrested […]
Dead singer’s family seeks justice
DAVAO CITY –— The family of Arnold Masamloc, the singer who was found dead along Matanao river on October 23 wants justice after the autopsy report showed he died not due to drowning incident but due to what the police claimed he jumped from the bridge on the night of October 22. From the start, […]
“Samal-Davao bridge alignment fix”-Gov
DAVAO CITY — The alignment of the P23-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector project is fixed and no amount of protest can change the plan, this was the statement of Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib on Tuesday. The plan, according to Jubahib, “Is fix and no more realignmen,t it is done,” as he emphasized that […]
Army, police exhume cadavers of five massacre victims in a mass grave
DAVAO CITY ––The members of Philippine Army and the police personnel from Cabadbaran City in Agusan del Norte on Sunday, October 30 successfully exhumed the cadavers of five persons beleived to have been massacred by the members of the New People’s Army in 2021, in Sitio Baraboto, Barangay Curva in the town of Santiago, Agusan […]
Marcos leads groundbreaking of Davao-Samal bridge
DAVAO CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos on Thursday led the groundbreaking ceremony of the P23-Billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project which is seen to reduce travel time between both cities from 50 minutes to approximately four and a half minutes The connector bridge is a 3.98km, four-lane, toll-free bridge that will connect the […]