DAVAO CITY — The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is investigating National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) executive director Rico Pableo Jr. for allegedly presenting fake eligibility documents , which led to his appointment. This developed as President Rodrigo Duterte reportedly appointed Al Ryan Alejandre, a former Davao City Councilor to replace Pableo. Pableo …
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DAVAO CITY — A Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch here conducted the first case hearing via a Video Conference involving high risk and high profile inmates from Maa City Jail. RTC Branch 16 Judge Emmanuel Carpio presided the hearings for the arraignment of Leonilo Gonzales alias Banakon, who is charged of attempted murder and the …
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Beijing — President Rodrigo Duterte and People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping graced the the opening ceremony of the FIBA Basketall World Cup 2019 on August 30, 2019.
DAVAO CITY — The indigenous peoples from the 17 municipalities of North Cotabato showcased their colourful culture and history during the recently concluded Kavunuran Festival 2019, held at the provincial capitol grounds in Barangay Amas. “Kavurunan” is an Aromen-Menuvu term for gathering of people from different communities. About 500 delegates from the Aromanen-Menuvu, Libunganen, Obo …
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DAVAO CITY — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has initially opened 15 gender-neutral toilets of the country’s 42 commercial airports. A gender-neutral public toilets, are also called gender-inclusive, gender neutral and mixed-sex or all-gender toilets. It means a public toilet that are not separated by gender or sex. In a statement posted …
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DAVAO CITY — A toilet is always a must in a long driver, looking for at least a clean toilet to pee is always a next stop for everyone, but using a beautiful air-conditioned toilet is really amazing. I was travelling with friends from Davao City to Iligan last week, it was dawn when we …
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DAVAO CITY — Hundreds of breastfeeding mothers here gathered at the Almendras Gym to celebrate the Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Among the proud participants was Ara Casas-Tumuran, who used to be a television reported, now, a newspaper columnist who advocates breastfeeding and healthy lifestyle for mother and child. Tumuran’s daughter Yana is a picture of a …
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DAVAO CITY — The float of the International Pharmaceuticals Inc. grabbed the grand prize for this year’s Pamulak sa kadayawan (big category) held Saturday, August 24. The IPI took home some P700,000 cash prize and P15,000 worth of gift check from homegrown Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. Adjudged second was the float of Kisan Lu and …
DAVAO CITY — Three participating groups of this year’s Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan 2019 bagged P1 million each as they were hailed the grand champions in the different categories. The Sta. Ana National High School Performing Arts Guild declared as the grand champion for the Champion’s Circle Category which they bagged P1.2 cash prize plus gift …
MANILA — President Rodrigo R. Duterte has declared September 8 of every year as a special working holiday in the country to commemorate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church celebrates the Virgin Mary’s birth on September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as …
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