DAVAO CITY — On Monday at around 5:00 p.m. in Kidapawan City, a 9-month-old baby swallows a push pin while her mother orders a milk tea. “The incident happened so quickly,” Ana Mea Denaguit told Newsline, “I worried why the baby was coughing, then I tried to pull out the pin, but baby Kenji swallowed […]
280 residents of NoCot get P5.4M from DOLE
KIDAPAWAN CITY — Some 150 individuals needing government support received a total of P5.4M cash assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment on Saturday, September 25, No less than Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III handed the check to Governor Nancy Catamco in a simple ceremony held at Barangay Luvimin. The fund was taken against […]
Bonsai hobbyist compete in North Cotabato
DAVAO CITY —Sixty (60) students of Bonsai master Marcel “Bebot” Calungsod showcased their masterpiece in a three-day competition at Pacific Bonsai Garden in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Midsayap, North CotabatoSeptember 24-26, 2021. All the sixty entries comprise one variety, the bougainvillea, but they outsmart each other in terms of structure, design, and presentation, said Calungsod. Ian […]
CENRO cleans clogged canals in Panabo City
DAVAO CITY — Due to the onslaught of heavy rains, flooding worsened as a result of the clogging of garbage in canals in many parts of Panabo City. On September 20, 2021, the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) conducted a cleanup of the canals where they recovered a large amounts of garbage such […]
EcoWaste Coalition Urges Public Vigilance to Rid the Market of Cyanide-Containing Silver Jewelry Cleaners
DAVAO CITY —The EcoWaste Coalition today urged the public to be more vigilant in buying unregistered liquid cleaning agents for silver jewelry that may cause fatal cyanide poisoning. “To prevent tragic poisoning incidents due to the intentional or unintentional ingestion of silver jewelry cleaners (SJCs), we urge the public not to purchase and use unregistered […]
Modern Sultan Kudarat Hospital opens
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration Friday of the new Sultan Kudarat Provincial Hospital (SKPH) in the town of Isulan as he rallied public support so that the nation could overcome the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Let us continue working together to overcome the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic […]
226 OFWs from UAE lands in Davao
DAVAO CITY — Some 226 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Dubai and Abu Dhabi landed in Davao City International Airport on Friday, September 25 via a chartered flight of the Philippine Airlines. Regional officials and staff from Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) led by Regional Director Camilo T. Elaya said they have prepared all […]
Panabo CENRO holds city-wide clean-up drive on waterways
DAVAO CITY — THE PANABO City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) held a city wide clean-up drive of “esteros” lately after floods hit the city because of heavy rains and clogged canals, creeks and other waterways. The heavy rains pushed uncollected garbage into the city’s waterways, which worsened the floods. CENRO carried out on […]
63 students receive cash aid
TAGUM CITY — A total of 63 students will receive P3, 780 each as additional wage through the Special Program of the Employment of Students (SPES) of the municipal government of Sto. Tomas town in Davao del Norte. Mayor Ernesto Evangelista and Municipal Administrator Atty. Elisa Evangelista-Lapiña has scheduled the distribution of the remaining wage […]
MSU-Maguindanao Professor kills ambushers
DAVAO CITY ––Wounded but determined, this was the story of Mindanao State University – Maguindanao campus professor Daud Kadon, who killed his two attackers when they shot him while he was traversing the Maguindanao-Cotabato road on Tuesday afternoon, September 21. Lt. Col. Rommel dela Vera, chief of police in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao […]
PH sets face shields use for high-risk activities
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine government relaxes the use of face shields, this time Filipinos will only need to wear face shields on top of face masks in enclosed and crowded places for added protection against the deadly coronavirus Delta variant. This, after the country’s top medical experts from the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) recommend […]
IPs of Bukidnon want NCIP chair to sign their CADT
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY –— Members of the Manobo-Pulangihon tribe of Butong, Bukidnon threatened to enter their ancestral domain and die there if the National Commission on Indigenous People’s Commission (NCIP) Commissioner Allen Capuyan will not sign their Certificate of Ancestral Domain Territory (CADT) title. Fed up with NCIP’s continuing inaction to their plea, the […]
Toxics watchdog finds lead in toy magnets for kids
DAVAO CITY — A toxics watchdog group has advised consumers to be cautious when buying magnets for kids that may be coated with lead paint in violation of the law. As part of its toy safety campaign ahead of the Christmas shopping spree, the EcoWaste Coalition rang the alarm bell over magnets of various shapes after […]