DAKBAYAN SA DABAW— Tulo ka tawo ang namatay samtang 17 ang naangol sa dihang nagbangga ang usa ka multicab ug Toyota Innova didto sa Purok 2 Hijo, Maco-Mati Coastal Road, Compostela Valley Province, kaganinang ala 9:00 sa buntag. Nagsampok ang Navarra Pick-up, Toyota innova ug usa ka pampasaherong Multicab, nga miresulta sa kamatayon sa tulo […]
Escobal is new PNP XI director
DAVAO CITY — Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG) chief Brigadier General Filmore Escobal is new Davao Region Police Office director. PNP XI director Brigadier General Marcelo Morales will also take over Escobal’s post as PSPG chief. Escobal and Morales were promoted after PNP OIC chief Brigadier General Archie Gamboa instituted a major revamp on […]
Davao’s Danao is new Calabarzon PNP director
DAVAO CITY — Former Davao City Police Director Vicente Danao has been relieved from Manila Police District and promoted to lead the Calabarzon Provincial Command. Danao is one of the 22 PNP officials affected by the revamp which took effect on Sunday, October 20. The former Davao Police Chief, is known for being frank and […]
PH wins at 2019 World Travel Awards in Vietnam
MANILA — The Philippines has secured two major awards at the 2019 World Travel Awards for Asia and Oceania held in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam on Saturday (October 12). The Department of Tourism (DOT) was hailed as Asia’s Leading Tourism Board, after a significant increase in the country’s visitor arrivals has been recorded in the past […]
Massive PNP revamp affects 22 officials
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine National Police instituted a major revamp affecting 22 top officers, effective Sunday, October 20. This, after President Rodrigo Duterte during the October 15 cabinet meeting castigated officials over the alleged involvement of PNP top brass in the controversial “Nina Cops” issue which figured then PNP Chief Brigadier General Oscar Albayalde. […]
PDP-Laban mourns the death of founder, Ex-senator Aquilino “Nene’ Pimentel Jr.
DAVAO CITY — The leaders and members of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) mourns the death of its founder former senator Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel. PDP-Laban Secretary General and Davao del Norte First District Congressman Pantaleon D. Alvarez, in a statement said : “The party mourns the loss of our founder, the icon of […]
Pujada Bay one of the most beautiful bays in the world
MATI CITY — Davao Oriental’s Pujada is now recognized as one of the world’s most beautiful bays. This, after General Assembly of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World (MBBW) unanimously approved the application of Davao Oriental in Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan on October 18. A team from the provincial government of Davao Oriental, […]
Ex-Senate President Nene Pimentel dies at 85
DAVAO CITY — Former Senate President and Partido Demokratiko Pilipino- Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) founder Aquilino ‘Nene” Pimentel Jr. , died early Sunday morning, October 20. Nene Pimentel was 85. Senator Koko Pimentel confirmed in a Facebook post that his father passed away. “Our beloved Tatay Nene has joined his Creator at 5 am today Oct […]
Court disqualifies Basilan town mayor, says he is not a voter
ZAMBOANGA CITY — A court in Basilan province has declared Hadji Mohammad Ajul Mayor Ibrahim Ballaho ineligible to serve as the town executive as he is not a registered voter in the municipality. In a ruling dated October 10, 2019, Basilan Regional Trial Court Branch 2 Judge Danilo Bucoy disqualified Ballaho for failing to show proof […]
GenSan intel cop slain, 3 kids hurt in gun attack
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A police intelligence officer was killed while his three children were wounded in an attack by motorcycle-riding gunmen in a village here Friday evening. Col. Aden Lagradante, city police director, identified the slain police officer as MSgt. Emmanuel Coronado, the intelligence chief of Police Station 4 in Barangay San Isidro. Lagradante said […]
Two towns under state of calamity after 6.3 quake
DAVAO CITY —The municipal councils of Magsaysay in Davao del Sur and Makilala in North Cotabato have been declare under the state of calamity following the 6.3 magnitude of earthquake last October 16. Early this morning, Saturday, October 19, at 5:52 a.m, The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) , reported a magnitude 5.0 […]
PH, India agree to intensity defense, security cooperation
DAVAO CITY — The Philippines and India agreed to work together on defense and security, particularly with the rise of violent extremism and the fast-changing geopolitical landscape in the Asia Pacific region. In a joint press statement with visiting Indian President Ram Nath Kovind Friday, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte welcomed the role of India in […]
MSU student wounded in shooting incident
ILIGAN CITY — A student from the Mindanao State University (MSU) Marawi campus was wounded in a shooting incident around 7:00 in the evening Thursday night, October 17. Lanao del Sur Police Director Police Director Colonel Madzghani Mukaram identified the victim as Ivan Polinar Almeda, 20, a native of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur. Initial police […]