MANILA – The Internet is the leading source of political news and current events for Filipinos, based on a Publicus Asia Inc. survey released on Monday. According to the PAHAYAG First Quarter Survey 2024 conducted from March 14 to 18, 65 percent of Filipinos browse the Internet as their main source of news, a trend that […]
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Marcos appoints new NCMF chief, other execs in gov’t agencies
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed a new secretary of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) and several other officials in at least nine other government agencies. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced that Sabuddin Abdurahim was appointed as the new NCMF chief, replacing Secretary Guiling […]
Cyber hackers taken over Philippine Coast Guard Facebook page
DAVAO CITY –— Unknown Cyber hackers took over the official Facebook page of the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) at around 12:30 p.m. yesterday. The hackers now control the page and post videos funny videos relative to law enforcement. This is the fourth incident and the second during the year. In a statement, Coast Guard […]
Young police officer shares breastmilk to a hungry baby
DAVAO CITY –— A police officer from Trento town in Agusan del Sur voluntarily shared her breastmilk to a month-old baby on Tuesday, who had been crying due to hunger. Police Staff Sergeant Queenily L. Obongen, is assigned to Women and Children’s Desk (WCD) at her precinct, has a four-month-old baby back home. While on […]
Davao’s Man of Peace, Abp Fernando Capalla dies
DAVAO CITY –— Davao’s man of Peace, Roman Catholic Archbishop-Emeritus Fernando Robles Capalla joined his creator early morning today January 6, 2023 inside his residence at a seminary compound. Monsignor Paul Cuison told Newsline “Our Man of Peace, our dearly beloved Archbishop Nanding joined his creator at exactly 1:23am today, Jan 6. May he rest […]
Lady marries her dead lover
DAVAO CITY — Even though her loved one is in another world, a young woman named Azia Jean Ayala decided to go ahead with her wedding to Mardie Perdez on November 13, 2023 in a secluded village in Sitio Sagana, Barangay Sampao, Kapalong, Davao del Norte. . Mayor Tess Timbol told Newsline Philippines “This union […]
Engineer Balances Career and Family: Meet Leonard Carlo Paquit
DAVAO CITY – Engr. Leonard Carlo Paquit, a dedicated Electrical Engineering graduate from the University of the Southeastern Philippines, has been an integral part of AboitizPower’s subsidiary, Davao Light and Power Co., Inc., for nearly a decade. His journey and commitment to his work – and to his family – highlight the importance of achieving […]
DILG Sec. Abalos: Acorda Jr. is the right man to lead PNP
Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on April 24 expressed his belief that newly appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr. is the right man for the job to lead the 228-thousand-strong police force. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Acorda as the 29th PNP Chief after General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. […]
Thousands of pilgrims flock to Camiguin for annual ‘Panaad’
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Thousands of tourists flocked to Camiguin Island for the Holy Week where the province’s Panaad (Pledge of Walk) is observed across the island. Camiguin Island, a tiny island off Misamis Oriental and just 50 kilometers South of Bohol island, is one of the most visited island provinces in the Philippines […]
Davao mourns over the death of veteran coach during the Alveo Ironman 70.3
DAVAO CITY — The Davao Region swimming community mourns the passing of one of its brightest stars as swimming coach Gerry Kasim died while doing the 1.9 kilometers swim course of Alveo Ironman 70.3 Davao on March 26.. A resident of the Island Garden City of Samal, Kasim succumbed to a heart attack and was […]
Sulu battleground transformed into habitable community
ZAMBOANGA CITY – After two decades, Internally Displaced Persons relocated back to their communities that were taken away by terrorists. The military and Sulu Provincial Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict (PTF-ELAC) constructed infrastructures and livelihood projects on the former battleground between Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits and government troops. The PTF-ELAC is Sulu’s version […]
Newborn baby found outside a store
DAVAO CITY — A newborn baby boy was abandoned outside a store in Zone 2 in the village of Villarica, Babak District , Island garden City of Samal at about 6:15 in the morning on Saturday. Arjay owner of a store told newsline “The baby was wrapped in a light blue blanket and was still […]
Philippines shines in gender equality, women empowerment: Duterte
DAVAO CITY — The Philippines shines in gender equality and women empowerment, says President Rodrigo Duterte, citing the various contributions of women in the society and their involvement in the country’s development agenda. Expressing pride over the country’s success in attaining gender equality and women empowerment, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said the Philippines can do […]