Newslights

Tradition Without Transformation? CBCP Warns vs. “Hollow” Holy Week Observance

MANILA  (April 3) — For many Filipinos, Holy Week has become as much about travel plans and family reunions as it is about faith—a shift that church leaders now...

Holy Week call for sacrifice highlights deeper strain on Davaoeños

DAVAO CITY  (April 3) — The Holy Week appeal of Romulo G. Valles for Catholics to “limit travel”...

Bombs, Blame, and Power Plays: Violence Shadows Rivalries in Maguindanao del Sur

COTABATO CITY (April 3) — Twin explosions in the quiet town of Rajah Buayan on Wednesday have once...

PH debt hits record ₱18.16T in February, driven by local borrowing push

MANILA  (April 2)  --- The Philippines’ total outstanding debt climbed to a new high of ₱18.16 trillion in...

DOLE sets Holy Week pay rules, warns firms to comply

DAVAO CITY (April 2)  --- The Department of Labor and Employment has laid out mandatory pay rules for...
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Ocular visit

Vice Premier Wang Yang (right) of the People's Republic of China conducts a site inspection with National Economic and Development Authority-11 director Maria Lourdes Lim and other Chinese officials to the proposed Port and Coastal Development project at Sta. Ana Port in Davao City on Saturday. Newsline Photo

Mutya ng Dabaw

(L-R) Pag-asa ng Dabaw Marjorie Ormido, Diwa ng Dabaw Carly Jane Chua, Mutya ng Dabaw 2017 Reina Kobayashi, Sinag ng Dabaw Geanne Claire Lu and Patnubay ng Dabaw Angelique Pasion. Kobayashi outshined 28 other candidates during the coronation night on Wednesday (15 March 2017). Newsline Photo

Employees Day

Employees from different departments of the City Government of Davao compete in a traditional game known as ‘karang’ during the Employees Day on Tuesday (March 14, 2017) as part of 80th Araw ng Dabaw celebration. Newsline Photo

Comforting the children

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte comforts one of the children of the late PO1 Rholly Benelayo during his wake visit at the Bansalan Municipal Lobby in Davao del Sur on March 9, 2017. Benelayo is one of the four police officers who were killed in an ambush by suspected members of the New People's Army in the municipality of Bansalan, Davao del Sur on March 8, 2017. Also in the photo is Philippine National Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa. ROBINSON NIÑAL/Presidential Photo

Women learn fishnet-making

Women participate in a 30-day training on fishnet/pokut making held at the Municipal Gymnasium beginning March 6. The program is funded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority through the Local Government Unit of Maitum. The training aims to equip each participant with new knowledge and skills necessary for employment and provide them a stable source of income. (John James I. Doctor/MAITUM INFORMATION OFFICE)

The Commander-in-Chief

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shakes the hands of 2Lt. Daniel De Guzman, one of the soldiers wounded-in-action in an encounter with the New Peoples Army recently. The President awarded the Wounded Personnel medal to the soldiers during his visit at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017.ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
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