COTABATO CITY – Strong winds amid a heavy downpour in North Cotabato on Thursday afternoon destroyed a public high school made of light materials in Arakan town, a disaster official said. Rowena Gafati, head of Arakan’s municipal disaster risk reduction and management office (MDRRMO), said the strong winds came while the upland village of Mantangkil was […]
Davao-Manado tourism B2B rakes in over P1-M sales
DAVAO CITY — The joint tourism and business matching meeting organized to help boost the viability of Garuda Indonesia’s foray into Mindanao raked in over PHP1 million in negotiated sales, the Department of Tourism in Region 11 (DOT-11) said Tuesday. “This sale is accumulated out of Davao-General Santos tours and hotel accommodation bookings in Davao during […]
PRRD to reveal information on ‘ninja cops’ soon, Palace assures
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte will release information on the alleged ninja cops syndicate as promised, Malacañang assured Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this assurance after Senator Richard Gordon said the Senate will let the President do the honor of being the first to bare information on ninja cops ahead of the joint committee hearing […]
Church provides online App to trace ancestors
DIGOS CITY – The Christian sect aims to provide assistance for anyone interested to know where their nearest of kin and distance relatives originally came from by using an online app. Lawyer Nikkolo Marco Aurelio Cortes, stake (diocese) president of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints in this city said Friday that the […]
P6-M worth of cocaine brick fished out of Basilan waters
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Fishermen in Basilan province recovered more than a kilo of suspected cocaine brick with an estimated PHP6-million value, a police official said Monday. pack of cocaine worth an estimated P6 million was recovered by fishermen in the high seas of Hadji Mohammad Adjul town in Baslian on Monday morning, September 23. Mayor Ibrahim […]
Davao City installs livestock, poultry checkpoints
DAVAO CITY – To prevent the possible entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in this city, the local government installed quarantine stations in all entry and exit points of the city on Friday. Dr. Cerelyn Pinili, head of the City Veterinarian Office (CVO), said the quarantine stations will not only limit to livestock coming […]
Town Mayor holds forum on banana disease
DUJALI, Davao del Norte–Seeking to find viable solutions, the local government here convened banana farmers in Davao Region directly affected by Fusarium wilt or Panama disease on Tuesday. More than a hundred farmers joined the forum, attended by the Department of Agriculture in Region 11 (DA-11) and Roni Manching, a farmer-scientist from Panabo City and […]
DavNor town to intensify programs for youth
DAVAO CITY — The municipal government of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte has vowed to intensify the social development programs for the youth amid various reproductive health issues besetting the young people of this municipality. “I am taking the social development programs for the youth seriously under my term. In fact, it is one of my […]
PRRD vetoes bill designating PUP as nat’l polytechnic university
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed the bill seeking to grant the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) a status of a national polytechnic university. The measure, approved by Congress, sought to grant fiscal and institutional autonomy to PUP. “While I recognize the noble objective to promote, foster, nurture, and protect the right of all […]
Japan starts accepting Filipino language teachers
MANILA— The Japanese government is now accepting applications for assistant language teacher positions under its 2020 Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. Filipinos accepted in the program will work in public or private schools, or local boards of education in the prefecture or municipality they will be assigned to. Their primary task will be to […]
CSC exec caught SoCot employees ‘sleeping warns erring gov’t workers in SoCot
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A number of government employees in nearby Koronadal City, South Cotabato, could face suspension of up to six months after being caught in the act of violating provisions of Republic Act 6713 or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employee. No less than Civil Service Commissioner Aileen […]
More parents join awareness drive vs. NPA recruitment of minors
MANILA — Around 300 participants, mostly parents, staged a peaceful rally in Manila on Thursday to spread awareness on the deceptive recruitments of minors by alleged communist front groups. Parents whose children were taken away by youth organizations Anakbayan and Kabataan backed up the mothers who previously appeared in public to share their struggles and seek help to […]
‘Baste’ Duterte wants laws for envi protection
DAVAO CITY — To further promote environmental awareness among Dabawenyos, the local government here has thrown its support behind a private company’s social media campaign aimed at helping to ensure the welfare of the environment. This, as Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte called for a cleaner and greener celebration of Kadayawan Festival this month. He said […]