ILOILO CITY — The parish priest of the St. Anne Parish in Molo district here will be facing charges for instituting the renovation of a cultural heritage site without coordination from concerned government agencies. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP or City Council) on Tuesday passed a resolution directing the City Legal Office (CLO) “to institute appropriate […]
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Congress approves 100-day maternity leave
DAVAO CITY (September 5) — Here’s good news to expectant mothers. The House of Representatives approved on Tuesday Septeber 4, a bill expanding maternity leave to 100 days. With its approval on third and final reading, the House and the Senate are expected to meet soon to reconcile House Bill 4113 and its counterpart measure […]
Community-based Mental Health Services takes centerstage
DAVAO CITY (September 5)-Mental health is as serious as physical health that needs to be taken care of. In fact, the third most common disease among Filipinos are related to mental health illnesses, according to the 2014 National Statistics Office study. Last June, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Philippine Mental Health Law or Republic Act […]
MisOr mulls P159-M budget to boost tourism
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The local government of Misamis Oriental is planning to allocate around PHP159 million to develop new tourism sites and to upgrade existing ones. Lawyer Jeffrey Saclot, the provincial tourism officer, said the drive to improve the province’s tourism industry became a priority after Misamis Oriental was chosen to host the […]
Duterte visits the holocaust memorial center in Israel
DAVAO CITY (September 4) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday, September 3, visited Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center here as part of his four-day official visit in the Jewish state. The President toured Israel’s largest Holocaust memorial expressing hope that the world would learn the lessons of the “horrific and benighted period of human history.” […]
Go wants to expand Malasakit Center in Visayas, Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (September 1) — Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go expressed the need to strengthen and expand the Malasakit Center program in Visayas and Mindanao for people to have access to quality medical care. The Malasakit Center is the one-stop shop program of President Rodrigo Duterte to hasten the delivery of […]
Malacanang: Importation to cushion impact of inflation
DAVAO CITY (August 30)– Malacanang has announced that measures proposed by several economic managers to cushion the impact of inflation in the country would be put in place. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said that “lowering tariff would not solve the spiking prices of goods.” Instead, economic managers are proposing the […]
Family of murdered agrarian reform leader in Tacurong awaits justice
TACURONG CITY (August 30) — Eleazar Gallardo sits quietly in a chair, staring blankly on the area where his younger sister was gunned down by unidentified gunmen several days ago. Their family is asking for justice . On August 22, Annaliza Dinopol Gallardo Capinpin, a 34-year old mother of four was shot dead at around […]
Iligan City Police requests local government, NTC to cut off signal during Diyandi Festival
ILIGAN CITY (August 30)– The Iligan City Police Office is now taking lessons on the blast in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on the evening of August 28 that killed two and wounded 36 others. The town was celebrating its annual fiesta when the bomb went off. Suspected pro Islamist militants were behind the detonation of the […]
Avanceña bats for ‘child-minding’ centers nationwide
MANILA — President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s partner, Cielito “Honeylet” Avanceña, recently suggested putting up “child-minding centers” nationwide to allow mothers to work full time. In a press statement, Avanceña made this call after visiting Davao City’s new child-minding center with members of the Du30 Cabinet Spouses Association (Du30CSA). The members of the Du30 Cabinet Spouses […]
Japanese firm invest P5-billion for ‘Kimchi’ processing plant in Maguindanao town
MATANOG, Maguindanao (Aug. 29) –- – Residents here are excited on the upcoming employment opportunities as a Japanese investor engaged in the processing of “Kimchi” will pour P5-billion capital investment. On August 21, just in time for the celebration of Eud’ul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), Kazuo Sato, senior consultant of Yokohama-based Global Trade Company Limited, […]
Honor our heroes-Duterte
DAVAO CITY (August 28) — “Honor our Heroes”, this was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, as he encouraged all Filipinos to pay respect to both the dead heroes and the everyday heroes. In his speech at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani in Taguig City on Monday’s commemoration of the National Heroes Day, Duterte […]
Indigenous communities benefit medical and social healing mission in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (August 27) — Around a thousand members of the Matigsalug tribe from the different communities of Marilog District this city and the province of Bukidnon benefited the medical and social healing mission Saturday, August 25. Marilog is the tri-boundary of Davao City and the provinces of North Cotabato and Bukidnon, it is the […]