DAVAO CITY — In a new normal world when people are not allowed to converge, and celebration deferred due to the continuing threat of coronavirus pandemic, a small town of San Isidro town in Davao del Norte celebrated the festivity by distributing food to the people while local officials and people’s organization into tree planting. […]
P2-M ecstasy, weeds declared as gift and toys intercepted at NAIA
DAVAO CITY — The Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA turned over on Monday, June 29, 2020 to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) an estimated Php 2 million worth of ecstasy tablets, raw Ecstacy and marijuana seized by Customs officers. The 500 tablets of ecstasy from Germany were discovered hidden inside different parcels. The raw […]
Palace distances from proposal to rename NAIA
MANILA – Malacañang on Monday distanced itself from the lawmakers’ move to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Palace will leave it to Congress to file measures they wanted. “Iniiwan po namin iyan sa Kongreso dahil kinakailangan po ng batas kung kinakailangang baguhin ang […]
SPMC mo-abri na sa ubang departamento karong Hulyo
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW — Subling abrihan sa Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) ang uban niining departamento sa sunod bulan sa Hulyo, apan, hugot niining ipatuman ang mga regulasyon aron malikayan ang pagtakud sa Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) sa mga pasyente. Sukad niadtong Marso, gipasira sa SPMC ang uban niining departmento kay gitutukan niini ang pagtubag sa mga […]
PH winning fight vs. Covid-19: Palace
MANILA – The Philippines is winning the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malacañang said Monday, after the country defied the number of cases projected by a University of the Philippines (UP) study. “In terms of positivity rate, in terms of case-doubling rate, in case of mortality rate, we are winning. In fact, we defied what […]
Sara Duterte respects personal belief but asks residents to trust medical doctors
DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has called on Dabawenyos to trust medical doctors as she brushed aside misconceptions and fears that getting tested or swabbed for the coronavirus is painful. The Mayor who was interviewed in the city government-owned radio station DCDR on Friday noon said she respects people practicing some traditional cures or […]
DOTr orders shipping lines to allot space for food and give discounts for agri products
DAVAO CITY — Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has ordered the domestic shipping lines to provide no less than 12 percent of their vessel’s cargo capacity per voyage for the exclusive accommodation of agricultural and food products, and to extend preferential shipping rates on agricultural and food products. Tugade issued on Wednesday a Department Order 2020-007, […]
PRC reschedules June-August 2020 licensure exams to 2021
MANILA – All licensure examinations originally scheduled from June to August 2020 are postponed and will be moved to 2021, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said in an advisory Friday. In its official website, the agency stated “The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) informs the public that the POSTPONED June to August 2020 Licensure Examinations for the […]
DOH XI reports 21 new cases of Covid-19
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health Region XI reported 21 new cases in Davao region as of 5:00 in the afternoon of June 28. Of the 21 new cases, eight are from the following barangays of Davao City: 23-C (3) and (1) death; 76-A (1); Governor Vicente Duterte (2) and Dalagdag (1). Davao de […]
Immigration personnel at NAIA, Covid-free
DAVAO CITY — Almost all of the more than a thousand Bureau of Immigration (BI) employees assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have been found to be free of the coronavirus. Immigration port operations chief Grifton Medina said a total of 998 BI personnel at the NAIA have already tested negative for COVID-19 […]
Authorities seize P150-million smuggles car parts
DAVAO CITY — The joint operatives from Bureau of Customs (BOC), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday seized an estimated value of P150-million worth of suspected smuggled car parts from China that were repacked as manufactured by Japan-based car companies. Armed with a Letter of Authority (LOA) and […]
20 families evacuate as landslide hit Marawi’s transitory shelter for IDP’s
ILIGAN CITY —– Around 20 families escaped from the landslide that occurred, around 6 o’clock on Friday afternoon at the transitory shelter site in Barangay Boganga, Marawi City. No casualties were reported. Alexander Alag, city information officer-designate of Marawi said the landslide was brought by the continuous heavy rain since 3 o’clock in the afternoon. […]
Duterte reaffirms PH commitment to women empowerment and gender equity
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, June 26, participated in the 36th ASEAN Summit ASEAN Leaders’ Special Session on Women’s Empowerment in the Digital Age, reaffirming the Philippines’ commitment to women empowerment and gender equality. In a Palace statement, it said that President Duterte during the video conference summit cited progress in the […]