DAVAO CITY — The Davao City government and two Dabawenyo farmers bagged this year’s 2020 Regional Organic Agriculture Achievers’ Award in different categories for their contribution to organic farming. The award given to city government under the Local Government Unit Category is a recognition of the city’s initiatives supporting organic farming in Davao City that […]
PH Embassy in Tokyo helps 815 Filipinos to date
DAVAO CITY— The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo has helped 815 Filipinos Fly Home to PH since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo helped another batch of 204 Filipino tourists, students, and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Japan to return home via a chartered flight on 04 July 2020. The […]
Supreme Court rules, Duterte is not seriously ill
DAVAO CITY— The Supreme Court in a six-page resolution on Wednesday said the recent public appearance of President Rodrigo Duterte months prove he is not suffering from serious illnesses. The high court issued the resolution two months after it junked the petition of lawyer Dino de Leon in May, who said the Office of the President […]
Duterte vows to expose Maria Ressa as ‘fraud’
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday bared that he would soon expose the truth about Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa being a “fraud”. In a taped public address aired on state-run PTV-4 early Wednesday, Duterte said he is now preparing documents that would prove that Ressa is a trickster. “Ressa is a fraud. Maniwala kayo (Believe […]
Anti-Terror Law vital tool in securing the city-TF-Davao Commander
DAVAO CITY –— Colonel Consolidito Yecla, the Commander of Task Force Davao said the recently signed Anti-Terrorism Law is one of the vital tools in securing the city. “Anti-Terrorism Law should not be feared. Instead, it should be embraced by Davaoeños practicing the culture of security to protect the city against terror,” he stressed. But […]
FICO Survey: Banking Passwords Are Problematic! Filipinos Want Biometrics
DAVAO CITY – A survey agency says 72 percent of Filipinos are happy to provide their bank with a biometric citing that banking passwords are problematic. FICO a major analytics software company that provides products and services to both businesses and consumers in a press release states the following: Highlights: The FICO Consumer Digital Banking […]
Chinese national arrested for smuggling P8.9-M cigarettes from Indonesia
DAVAO CITY — Police authorities in General Santos City confiscated around PHP8.9 million worth of smuggled and fake cigarettes from Indonesia in an entrapment operation in a village on Monday night. Brig. Gen. Michael John Dubria, Police Regional Office (PRO)-12 director on Tuesday said the contraband was seized from a Chinese national identified as Zai […]
Mikunhod ang nagpa-enroll sa Kidapawan
LUNGSOD SA DABAW-— Mikunhod ang ihap sa mga estudyante nga nagpa-enroll alang sa tuig 2020-2021 sa syudad sa Kidapawan. Tungod niini, nanawagan ang Department of Education sa Kidapawan City Division sa mga ginikanan nga ipa-enrol na ang ilang mga anak tungod kay nagpadayon pa gihapon ug lista ang mga tulunghaan. Dili lang sa Kidapawan ningkunhod […]
354 Pinoys repatriated from Jeddah
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah successfully repatriated another 354 Filipinos based in Jeddah and other parts of the Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 03 July 2020 via a Philippine Airlines (PAL) chartered flight. The chartered flight landed in Manila on 04 July 2020 at around 2:40 in […]
Pagtaas sa kaso sa covid-19 dili angay ikahadluk: Palasyo
SYUDAD SA Dabaw — Dili kuno angay makadlok ang publiko sa pagsaksa sa kaso sa coronavirus-19 nga mitala ug 2,434 ka kaso niadtong adlawng Domingo. Sumala ni Harry Roque, ang tigpamaba sa Presidente, nagoul ang Palasyo sa kalit nga pagsaka sa kaso sa covid-19 sa usa lamang kaadlaw, apan iyang gipasabot nga ginahanglan luagan sa […]
Pinoys cannot leave PH for tourism-BI
DAVAO CITY — Filipinos who want abroad for tourism purposes is not allowed, said Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente, saying Pinoys are restricted to leave the country due to the continuing global COVID-19 pandemic. Morente issued a statement on Monday, following reports that six Filipinos were recently barred from going to Cambodia via […]
DavOr banks on P14.5 M program for fermented cacao beans
DAVAO ORIENTAL –The province of Davao Oriental is banking on Fermented Cacao Beans Marketing Enterprise Project which will benefit about 924 of the province. The program which was launched on July 1, is aimed at supporting the smallholder cacao farmers that are funded under the Philippine Rural Development Program’s Investment for Rural Enterprise for Agricultural […]
Duterte ’emotional’ over 4 soldiers’ death, not sick: Palace
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte treats the deaths of four soldiers gunned down by police officers in Jolo, Sulu as a personal loss, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after observers noticed that Duterte looked low-spirited, even sickly, during his speech at the Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga City last […]